If you don’t want the picturesque seaside hamlet of Morgan’s Bay renamed Gxarha, then the provincial geographical names committee is inviting you to a public hearing today at the Mooiplaas resource centre to make your objection heard.
The Wild Coast town is one of 12 names the committee is considering changing.
The department of sports, recreation, arts and culture placed an advert in yesterday’s Dispatch inviting people to public hearings which start today at the resource centre at 3pm.
Other names being considered for change in the Great Kei area include Mooiplaas to Kwenxurha and Waterfalls to Ngwenkala.
Areas further afield affected in this phase of the name changing include towns in Mnquma, Ngqushwa and Nkonkobe local municipalities.
In Ngqushwa the committee is considering changing Peddie to Ngqushwa; Woodlands to Emabhofolweni and Horton to Nqwebebeni.
Alice could be named Dikeni, Middledrift is likely to be named Xesi and Debe Neck could become Rhoxeni.
The hearings will move to Peddie on Friday at the Ncumisa Khondlo Hall, also at 3pm. The next target is Butterworth, which is likely to be changed to Gcuwa.
Public hearings in the area will be held next Tuesday at the town hall while public hearings for the Alice area will be held next Thursday at the Alice town hall.
Committee spokesman, Kenneth Msengana, said they had been receiving input from the public and when a change was widely accepted by all affected stakeholders, the committee would make a recommendation to the national committee, who, in turn, would recommend the names to the minister of arts and culture, who would then gazette them based on all the evidence.
Earlier this year Arts and
Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa officially gazetted the changes of the Port of Coega to Port of Ngqurha, Toise River to Toyise, Komgha to Qumrha, Xora to Xhorha, Toleni to Tholeni and Nqeleni to Ngqeleni.
“When we visit Mnquma, Great Kei, Ngqushwa and Nkonkobe local municipalities as from , we will be giving ordinary people, as well as all stakeholders in the affected area, an opportunity to express their views,” said Msengana.
Public hearings on name changes begin
The Wild Coast town is one of 12 names the committee is considering changing.
The department of sports, recreation, arts and culture placed an advert in yesterday’s Dispatch inviting people to public hearings which start today at the resource centre at 3pm.
Other names being considered for change in the Great Kei area include Mooiplaas to Kwenxurha and Waterfalls to Ngwenkala.
Areas further afield affected in this phase of the name changing include towns in Mnquma, Ngqushwa and Nkonkobe local municipalities.
In Ngqushwa the committee is considering changing Peddie to Ngqushwa; Woodlands to Emabhofolweni and Horton to Nqwebebeni.
Alice could be named Dikeni, Middledrift is likely to be named Xesi and Debe Neck could become Rhoxeni.
The hearings will move to Peddie on Friday at the Ncumisa Khondlo Hall, also at 3pm. The next target is Butterworth, which is likely to be changed to Gcuwa.
Public hearings in the area will be held next Tuesday at the town hall while public hearings for the Alice area will be held next Thursday at the Alice town hall.
Committee spokesman, Kenneth Msengana, said they had been receiving input from the public and when a change was widely accepted by all affected stakeholders, the committee would make a recommendation to the national committee, who, in turn, would recommend the names to the minister of arts and culture, who would then gazette them based on all the evidence.
Earlier this year Arts and
Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa officially gazetted the changes of the Port of Coega to Port of Ngqurha, Toise River to Toyise, Komgha to Qumrha, Xora to Xhorha, Toleni to Tholeni and Nqeleni to Ngqeleni.
“When we visit Mnquma, Great Kei, Ngqushwa and Nkonkobe local municipalities as from , we will be giving ordinary people, as well as all stakeholders in the affected area, an opportunity to express their views,” said Msengana.
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