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Mzansi - South Africa (uMzantsi is Xhosa for 'south'). Invented by journalist/ editor Thami Masemola while working for the now-defunct South African youth publication Y magazine in 1999. Taken from the isiXhosa words 'Mzantsi Africa', meaning 'South Africa' but without the 't', hence the difference. Mother City - Cape Town; Moz - Mozambique ...
South Africa's cities and main towns. A. Name Province Remarks/new name Aan de Doorns: Western Cape: Aberdeen: Eastern Cape: Aberfeldy: Free State: Abbotsdale ...
This is a list of cities and towns in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
The first name change in post-1994 South Africa. The town was originally named Lyttelton, but was renamed Verwoerdburg in 1967 in honour of Hendrik Verwoerd, the so-called "architect of Apartheid" and was deemed offensive to many people and was changed to the neutral name of Centurion. Midstream Estates → Midstream Estate (2003) [30]
Pietersburg (Limpopo) was the name of Polokwane – Petrus Jacobus Joubert; Potgietersrus (Limpopo) was the name of Mokopane – Piet Potgieter; Stanger (KwaZulu-Natal) was the name of KwaDukuza – William Stanger (Surveyor-General of Natal) Verwoerdburg (Gauteng) was the name of Centurion – Hendrik Verwoerd
This is a list of cities and towns in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Since 2003, a number of cities and towns have changed their names and may yet to be widely accepted and some of these place names remain the same as previously.
Largest cities or towns in South Africa. ... The 2018 Revision [2] Rank Name Province Pop. Johannesburg Cape Town: 1: Johannesburg: Gauteng: 9,167,045 Durban Pretoria: 2:
Cape Town References "South ... "South Africa's provinces". South African Government This page was last edited on 10 January 2024, at 05:10 (UTC). Text is available ...