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Is the decision to rename the airport at East London after King Phalo appropriate? Why was Chief Phato of the amaGqunukhwebe nation, who had his Great Place near the site of the modern airport, not chosen instead? And, what does the proposed name for the city itself, Ku Gompo, actually mean or represent, and how does it relate to the city and its people? The absence of reference to the amaGqunukhwebe nation under the leadership of Chief Phato, who occupied the coastal plains between the Keiskam...

Getty Images East London will not be renamed Ku Gompo because that proposed name has already been rejected by the South African Geographical Names Council. The council advises Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa on new geographical names as well as the changing of existing names.  The reason for rejecting the new name is because there is a township in East London which bears a similar name.  East London will not be renamed Ku Gompo. That proposed name for the Eastern Cape coastal ...