How is everybody in Gqeberha?

[Uys]

Can you even pronounce your town's name?

Ons sal maar deur die Hoofman Dawid Stuurman lughawe in vlieg om by julle te kom leer hoe die dorp se naam heet.

[Groenman]

No jokes, hoe spreek mens Gqberha uit?

[Mike Mcd]

No jokes, hoe spreek mens Gqberha uit?

What a joke! In times of crisis, with Eastern Cape topping the unemployment charts, name changes are top priority

But Ja, please help us with with the pronounciation.

[GKE]

Instead of referring to it as PE we will now simply refer to it as GQ

[Peter1949]

As though there are not so many more pressing needs to spend a few millions on......

[Vormoto]

yip, name has changed, But it wil always be called PE for the next 15-20years until everyone has adapted to the change.

[Dirk]

yip, name has changed, But it wil always be called PE for the next 15-20years until everyone has adapted to the change.

By then it might have a new name hopefully.

[Searcher]

[GeckoCampers]

I heard on the radio this morning that the 26000 signatures on a petition against the name change were taken as one objection. I wonder if this will be the same regarding all the EWC petitions? Taken as a handful of objections?

[zeek]

Dis pragtig. Kariega my geboorte dorp tot die weermag. Uitenhage is besig om vewoes te raak so die nuwe naam is gepas. Mnr de mist draai 7 keer in sy graf om. 1804 tot vandag

[C Africa]

Julle moet net onthou, die Afrikaners het dieselfde goed gedoen. Al die Engelse name na Afrikaanse name verander.


As jy dink die nuwe name is moeilik om uit te spreek, vra 'n buitelander om "Voortrekkerhoogte"uit te spreek (was voorheen "Robert's Hill" gewees)


C

Edit: Sorry, was Robert's Heights gewees.

[mercenary]

If only more of the voters had listened to Dr. Andries T.... instead of FW. we would not be in this mess today.

[mur2]

Julle moet net onthou, die Afrikaners het dieselfde goed gedoen. Al die Engelse name na Afrikaanse name verander.


As jy dink die nuwe name is moeilik om uit te spreek, vra 'n buitelander om "Voortrekkerhoogte"uit te spreek (was voorheen "Robert's Hill" gewees)


C

Edit: Sorry, was Robert's Heights gewees.

The Afrikaners did not change all the names and they named and developed a hell of a lot of towns.
Kimberley stayed Kimberley. We didn't change it to Die Groot Gat

[BarryCH]

Baie soos die naam klink, ons wil omtrent kraam.

[Searcher]

Julle moet net onthou, die Afrikaners het dieselfde goed gedoen. Al die Engelse name na Afrikaanse name verander.


As jy dink die nuwe name is moeilik om uit te spreek, vra 'n buitelander om "Voortrekkerhoogte"uit te spreek (was voorheen "Robert's Hill" gewees)


C

Edit: Sorry, was Robert's Heights gewees.

But ......

It was renamed "Voortrekkehoogte" after they began building the Voortrekker Monument, so it was renamed after some, lets call it improvements or a massive undertaking took place. Magnificent monument BTW.

Very different to renaming a place after you have contributed little to it's establishment and possibly aided it's regression/deterioration or agteruitgang.

A bit of "cut n paste" History:

Thaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte, is a military base (or military area), in Pretoria, South Africa. Founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called Roberts Heights after Lord Roberts. It was renamed Voortrekkerhoogte ("Voortrekker Heights") in 1939 by the government of the Union of South Africa, following the beginning of the building of the nearby Voortrekker Monument, at a time of growing Afrikaner nationalism.

[HannesS]

Dis pragtig. Kariega my geboorte dorp tot die weermag. Uitenhage is besig om vewoes te raak so die nuwe naam is gepas. Mnr de mist draai 7 keer in sy graf om. 1804 tot vandag

Zeek ek is ook 'n Uitenhage ek bedoel Kariga kind. Sien jy is 'n jaar jonger as ek.

Ja die dorp word verwoes deur swak diens lewering en armoede, glad nie meer die plek wat dit was toe ek daar groot geraak het nie. Seker maar die storie wat ons orals sien.

Hierdie naamveranderings ontstel my glad nie meer nie, ek sien dit maar net as nog 'n stap in die verval.

[Sunray]

No jokes, hoe spreek mens Gqberha uit?

Now that is a great Wi-Fi password

[Rustie]

I don't care for name changes.
Go ahead.
Those cities and towns are a shade of their former selves.

[Dirk]

Hey Siri please route to Gqberha

[Dungbeetle]

Gqeberha is in fact an existing area (lower cost development / township?) just West of the airport. I guess those involved with the name changes have roots there....