Sport, arts, and culture minister Gayton McKenzie has been hauled to court to undo his renaming of Graaff-Reinet to Robert ...

AfriForum takes Sport Minister Gayton McKenzie to court over renaming Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe Town, citing lack of ...

AfriForum is approaching the High Court in Pretoria to review and set aside the decision of Gayton Mackenzie, the Minister of ...

Although some Graaff-Reinet residents and those of surrounding Karoo towns celebrated media reports that their names will not change, Eastern Cape Geographical Names Committee chairperson Christian ...

Minister’s decision to ditch town’s colonial-era identity and honour anti-apartheid activist divides residents A South African town is divided over changing its name from the colonial-era ...

South Africans are fighting over many things in 2026. Fuel prices. Load shedding. Whether pineapple belongs on pizza. However ...

Graaff-Reinet is a historic rural town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. It seldom makes headlines. But when, in August 2023, residents received word that the town’s name might change to Robert ...

The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture has received over 38,000 objections to changing the names of historic towns and ...

Graaff-Reinet is a historic rural town in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. It seldom makes headlines. But when, in August 2023, residents received word that the town's name might change to Robert ...

Residents in a low-income Graaff-Reinet community are cleaning up the litter around them, taking it in bags to a special container shop and receiving tokens to buy food in exchange. In its first four ...

A water crisis in the town of Graaff-Reinet has seen the Nqweba Dam run dry, leaving behind an overpowering stench of dead fish while residents "fight" for water. The humanitarian organisation Gift of ...