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Mayor rejects Gqeberha name: IT IS not clear whether Port Elizabeth’s renaming to Gqeberha will be permanent. This after Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Nqaba Bhanga and residents opposed it. The renaming of PE and Uitenhage to Kariega …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Shwashwi: Ignore peanut gallery, we just love the new names: Celebs answer quickly, I have paint to watch dry. • So apparently Somizi is “gowishing” because his husband prefers a gadget to him. Well what can we say? Why is he shocked? Did you insult him as well …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

DA Launches Petition Against ‘Steamrollered’ PE and Uitenhage Name Changes: The DA has today launched a national online petition to object against the gazetted name changes of Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha, and Uitenhage to Kariega. “There is a distinct lack of transparency on …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

DA objects to PE and Uitenhage name change – Andrew Whitfield: DA launches national online petition to object against Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage name changes.. Today the DA launches its national online petition to object again …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africans get their tongues round Gqeberha, new Xhosa name for Port Elizabeth: South Africa’s city of Port Elizabeth has been officially renamed Gqeberha — derived from the Xhosa language — the native tongue of late political hero Nelson Mandela.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Free State ANC calls for government to ‘intensify’ renaming process: Government should step up the renaming process because the proper naming and renaming of streets and places could also improve service delivery, the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Two suspects arrested for possession of Marijuana in Cradock: CRADOCK – On the 04 March 2021 at about 14:00, two 25-year-old suspects were arrested just outside of Cradock on route to Port Elizabeth, N10 National road when found in possession of 18kg of …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

DA launches national online petition to object against Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage name changes: Today the DA launches its national online petition to object against the gazetted name changes of Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha, and Uitenhage to Kariega. Please click here to access the petition. There …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Suspects nabbed for dagga on N10 outside Cradock: Two 25-year-old men are expected to appear in the Cradock Magistrates Court on Friday following their arrest for possession of dagga.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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