The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture says the standardisation and transformation of geographical names will remain a key focus going forward as the rate of transformation is not fast enough.
In its annual performance plan for 2022/2023, the department noted that geographical name changes are provided for under the South African Geographical Names Act of 1998 and overseen by the South African Geographical Names Council.
“The pace with which the transformation of the naming landscape is progressing is very slow given the number of names of towns and cities that still reflect South Africa’s colonial and apartheid heritage.” “The public awareness campaigns will assist to minimise legal challenges against the minister’s decisions to change colonial and apartheid names to indigenous names. These campaigns also educate provincial and local authorities on the consultation and other required processes for name changes.”
“The advent of colonial and apartheid rules brought about the erosion and corrosion not only of our value system but also of original indigenous names of geographical features. This situation meant that indigenous knowledge systems in their multifaceted nature were subjugated and marginalised.
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