Makhanda name change bungled and irrational, judge hears

The provincial and the national geographic names councils — and art and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa — had so badly bungled the process leading to Mthethwa’s decision to change the name of Grahamstown to Makhanda that his decision to do so should be set aside, it was argued in the high court in Makhanda on Thursday...

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