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The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium built for the 2010 soccer World Cup could be renamed the Danny Jordaan Stadium - after Safa boss and former mayor of Gqeberha.
A weekend-long celebration to launch the new name of Port Elizabeth - Gqeberha - starts at noon. The Khoi and San activist behind the new name changes in the Nelson Mandela Bay, Christian Martin, has pulled out all the stops for the event. Martin's event coincides with a bid by the Nelson Mandela Bay mayor to have the name and other name changes reversed. Christian Martin, one of three men who successfully petitioned for the renaming of Port Elizabeth, the town's airport, and Uitenhage, is inviting people of what is now known as Gqeberha to a weekend-long celebratory launch. The carnival-s...
01 March 2021 - 10:53 By Michael Kimberley A snap poll among more than a dozen residents in Walmer township on Thursday showed that they either did not care or were just unaware of the city’s change of name. Image: FILE PICTURE Many Walmer township residents either don’t care or don’t know that Gqeberha - derived from their township’s Xhosa name - is Port Elizabeth’s new moniker. The change from Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha was among the name changes officially approved and gazetted by sport, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa last Tuesday. While some have app...
'It's like if we sent Malusi Gigaba to run London and started calling it Norma for 200 years,' the controversial puppet says about the renaming of Port Elizabeth.
It was announced earlier that Port Elizabeth has a new name, Gqeberha. Carl tracked down MEC Fezeka Nkomonye to find out why the decision was taken to change the name.