{"id":470466,"date":"2021-02-24T08:17:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T06:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=470466"},"modified":"2021-02-24T09:14:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T07:14:07","slug":"port-elizabeth-is-now-gqeberha-and-other-name-changes-for-towns-and-airports-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/470466\/port-elizabeth-is-now-gqeberha-and-other-name-changes-for-towns-and-airports-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Elizabeth is now Gqeberha &#8211; and other name changes for towns and airports in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arts and Culture minister Nathi Mthetwa has announced a number of name changes for towns, cities and airports in the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>The changes were published in a government gazette on Tuesday (23 February). The gazette also includes a number of spelling corrections for existing geographical names as well as official registrations of new names.<\/p>\n<p>All of the changes are being made in the Eastern Cape province. The most notable change is for Port Elizabeth, which is now known as Gqeberha.<\/p>\n<p>The Port Elizabeth International Airport has also had its name changed to the Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable changes are outlined in more detail below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"25%\">Old name<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"25%\">New name<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"25%\">Area<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"25%\">Feature<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Port Elizabeth International Airport<\/td>\n<td>Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport<\/td>\n<td>Nelson Mandela Bay<\/td>\n<td>International airport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Port Elizabeth<\/td>\n<td>Gqeberha<\/td>\n<td>Nelson Mandela Bay<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Uitenhage<\/td>\n<td>Kariega<\/td>\n<td>Nelson Mandela Bay<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>East London Airport<\/td>\n<td>King Phalo Airport<\/td>\n<td>Buffalo City<\/td>\n<td>Airport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Berlin<\/td>\n<td>Ntabozuko<\/td>\n<td>Buffalo City<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MaClear Town<\/td>\n<td>Nqanqarhu<\/td>\n<td>Buffalo City<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>King William&#8217;s Town<\/td>\n<td>Qonce<\/td>\n<td>Buffalo City<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Name changes have come under increased scrutiny in recent years because of the associated costs, placing further pressure on the country\u2019s already strained fiscus.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition Democratic Alliance said that it would oppose the \u2018frivolous\u2019 name changes in the Buffalo City Metropolitan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenaming these Buffalo City Metro towns and the airport will not increase tourism, boost investment, improve service delivery, create employment or eradicate the problems residents face on a daily basis,\u201d said the DA\u2019s Chantel King.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of spending millions on new signage, the money should be used to improve the lives of the people of the Buffalo City Metro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Name-changes.pdf\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/470270\/south-africa-unemployment-hits-highest-point-on-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Africa unemployment hits highest point on record<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arts and Culture minister Nathi Mthetwa has announced a number of name changes for towns, cities and airports across South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":130688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-470466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470466"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470526,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470466\/revisions\/470526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}