The South African city of Port Elizabeth is formally renamed Gqeberha, the Xhosa name for the Baakens River which flows through the city. Port Elizabeth International Airport is also renamed Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport, after the anti-apartheid activist David Stuurman. These name changes are part of a wider campaign to remove apartheid-era names in the Eastern Cape.
The South African city of Port Elizabeth is formally renamed "Gqeberha"(ᶢǃʱɛ̀ɓéːxà, the Xhosa name for the Baakens River which flows through the city. Port Elizabeth International Airport is also renamed Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport, after David Stuurman. These name changes are part of a wider campaign to removecolonialand apartheid-era names in the Eastern Cape.