The EFF plans to name South Africa to Azania and also rename other things named in apartheid names.
Talking to JJ Tabane on Power FM, EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu addressed the issue of name changes in South Africa, saying he believed ‘South Africa’ had colonial connotations and should be changed to Azania.
“The name South Africa was an attempt to give direction to the colonial output. We must decide as a country to democratically change the name of the country to Azania,” he said.
“Azania is the original name of the Southern tip of Africa, and the research by Professor Es’kiah Mphahlele clearly reveals that the real name of South Africa is actually Azania,” he told Talk Radio 702 at the time.
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I first heard of this name change in August of 1986 when i almost 14 years old. I remember telling some friends at school in Form One. The was no change…..Still on 33 years later!