South Africa: MEC Hlengiwe Mavimbela Launches the New Provincial Geographical Names Committee

press release

KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation MEC Ms Hlengiwe Mavimbela has officially launched the new Provincial Geographical Names Committee (PGNC) led by newly elected Provincial chairperson Mr Thanduxolo Sabelo who is an EXCO member of eThekwini Municipality.

The PGNC will assist municipalities in changing the geographical names under their jurisdiction. The committee will be conducting awareness campaigns in the districts to educate the community on the processes that are followed when changing the place names. It will also change the focus and no longer focus on orthography and spelling rules but on town names of various places around KZN.

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