WHAT’S IN A NAME?: Port Alfred name change battle heads to court over ‘defective procedure’

The Port Alfred Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association is heading to the Makhanda high court to have a ‘public participation process’ by the Eastern Cape Geographical Name Change Council declared unlawful — saying the association was pro…
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