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The people of the Eastern Cape will have to come to terms with local government having announced that the Mbizana Local Municipality will from this point on be known as the
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality. This follows the controversial renaming of Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha, and Uitenhage to Kariega, measures that have drawn strong opposition from residents and opposition parties alike.
More Eastern Cape municipalities undergo renaming
The approved name change was detailed in the latest Government Gazette published on Thursday 4 March, with the decision to proceed with the name-change backdated to 2 December 2020.
The gazette outlines the following change, as directed by Xolile Nqatha, Member of the Executive Council responsible for Local Government in the Province of the Eastern Cape:
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National governments today face a triple challenge: recovering successfully from the pandemic, addressing threats posed by climate change and advancing their longer-term development goals. Cities, as economic engines and population hubs, are vital to solving this triple challenge. Urban areas produce 80% of global GDP, and as of 2020, they were home to an estimated 56% of the world’s populace. But COVID-19 exposed our vulnerability to a wide range of shocks, with cities being particularly hard hit. The urban poor, especially, have suffered enormously from the pandemic, climate change and growing inequality.
COVID-19 and the climate crisis pose significant threats for cities, but they also present an opportunity for them to become more resilient and equitable. National governments must seize this urban opportunity to transform cities for shared prosperity for all.
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