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There is no link between the name ‘Azania’ and the indigenous people of South Africa | SA News

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OPINION

Kenneth Mokgatlhe|Published

The proposal of constitutional amendment by the African Transformation Movement (ATM) to change the name of South Africa to the “Republic of Azania” is nonsensical, unnecessary, and irrelevant to the inhabitants of this place.

We should be asking ourselves where the word “Azania” originates from, which language, and how it is related to the people of South Africa. There are no cultural, historical, linguistic, or political connections to the name. 

It was during my time as a young and vibrant activist within the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) that I was firmly convinced that South Africa should be renamed ‘Azania’. I had been…

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