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More name changes coming to cities and towns in South Africa | SA News

1 May 2026 by Guest

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Deputy Chairperson of the South African Geographical Names Council, Johnny Mohlala, says the renaming of cities and towns is too slow, and new laws should accelerate the process.

Speaking to SA News, Mohlala described the current management of South Africa’s geographical names, more than three decades into democracy, as rather slow.

“My view is that we are moving at a very slow pace considering that since the Act was passed in 1998, we are only at some 1,500 names,” he…

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