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Gqeberha name change casts seals among the pilchards in the maritime family
By Brian Ingpen
Cape Town - At the stroke of a pen, Port Elizabeth has become Gqeberha.
The name change is very politically correct, but so too would renaming the city Nelson Mandela Bay, thus further honouring South Africa’s Colossus among world and local leaders.
While name changes may suit political agendas and earn ticks in boxes, the process miraculously will not rid Gqeberha of its litter, its road potholes and other consequences of failed municipal services.
Apart from its effects on the wider commercial sector, the name change of a port casts seals among the pilchards in the maritime family.