Since 1998, – when the South African Geographical Names Council Act noticed the institution of the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) – a complete of 1,505 geographical names have been modified throughout South Africa, with extra to come back.
The South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) is answerable for standardising geographical names within the nation, to redress and reform the geographical naming system in South Africa.
As per a current article revealed by BusinessTech, a complete of 1,505 geographical names have been modified throughout South Africa because the council’s inception in 1998.
These modifications span a wide range of geographical options together with cities, rivers, mountains, and extra.
In whole, 85 of the 1,505 identify modifications had been made to cities, with important exercise in provinces comparable to Kwa-Zulu Natal, Jap Cape, and Limpopo.
The Jap Cape’s cities and cities have seen the very best variety of identify modifications, other than Kwa-Zulu Natal’s new geographical names, as per the report.
A number of the key identify modifications throughout the nation because the ’90s have included the renaming of Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha, Uitenhage to Kariega, and Grahamstown to Makhanda.
Just lately, the Jap Cape Geographical Names Committee (ECPGNC) has proposed extra modifications, comparable to renaming Graaff-Reinet to Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe and Aberdeen to Camdeboo. These proposals are presently present process public session and overview.
In March, an additional checklist of identify modifications had been gazetted earlier than the monetary year-end. These embody the KZN’s Ladysmith to uMnambithi and Kirkwood within the Jap Cape to Nqweba.
