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More name changes on the cards for South Africa | SA News

Staff Writer
 ·26 Nov 2025

The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture has noted that 104 applications for name changes in the country have been submitted to it over the past financial year and in 2025 to date.

Responding to a parliamentary Q&A from the EFF’s Thapelo Mogale, Minister Gayton McKenzie broke down the numbers.

He said that 53 name change applications had been brought in the 2024/25 financial year, largely from the KwaZulu-Natal structures.

KwaZulu-Natal applied for 46 name changes, with the Eastern Cape applying for four. This was followed…

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