EFF pushing for Durban name change, says city is named after a ‘racist’ The EFF's need to change the name of SA’s iconic city Durban comes shortly after Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape was renamed as Gqeberha. While the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have welcomed the recent name changes in the Eastern Cape, it is still not enough for the red berets. The party is now pushing for a Durban name change too. The EFF said the name changes are part of decolonisation and the bigger struggle to transform South Africa, however, it is unravelling far too slowly for their liking. It was at that point where they brought up the removal of apartheid statues and the removal of Die Stem from our national anthem. That wasn’t all though, the EFF has multiple city name changes in mind, not just Durban.