Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Name changes

A comparison of the internet usage of names for officially renamed South African towns and cities. This page is only concerned with official and current name changes; renaming proposals and reversed name changes are excluded, as are mere spelling alterations such as Mafeking → Mafikeng.

Direct comparisons are not always possible, especially when the name has its primary usage outside of South Africa (e.g. Belfast will mostly refer to the city in Northern Ireland, not the town in Mpumalanga).

This page is intended to help find out which name is the most commonly used, as determined by its prevalence in reliable English-language sources (WP:COMMONNAME). This approach has a number of limitations which are common to all counts of internet search results (see WP:GNUM for more on this subject).

Limpopo

Pietersburg → Polokwane	Link
Ellisras → Lephalale	Link
Naboomspruit → Mookgophong	Link
Nylstroom → Modimolle	Link
Potgietersrus → Mokopane	Link
Duiwelskloof → Modjadjiskloof	Link
Soekmekaar → Morebeng	Link

Mpumalanga

Badplaas → eManzana	Link
Nelspruit → Mbombela	Link
Hectorspruit → Emjejane	Link
Lydenburg → Mashishing	Link
Waterval Boven → Emgwenya	Link
Machadodorp → eNtokozweni	Link
Schoemansdal → Kamatsamo	Link
Witbank → eMalahleni	Link
Dullstroom → Emnotweni	Link

See also

• Renaming in South Africa and the more extensive Pleknaamsveranderinge in Suid-Afrika on the Afrikaans Wikipedia