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What’s in a name, asked William Shakespeare, as he reasoned that a rose called something different (a smurgunkle, for instance) would still essentially remain the same sweet-smelling flower. Clearly, Billy-boy was not in my home town last week to witness the drama, laughter, tears, celebration, memes and confusion that greeted the city’s name change from Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha. Granted, to the English eye there seem to be too many consonants in the word, and combined in ways that don’t make sense under the rules of English spelling or pronunciation. But South Africa has eleven national languages and to isiXhosa speakers, there is nothing untoward about it. Click here for a full portion
