Question NW1554 to the Minister of Sport Arts and Culture”
18 May 2022 - NW1554
Matumba, Mr A to ask the Minister of Sport Arts and Culture”
On what date will his department set in motion the renaming of the Hendrick Verwoerd tunnel which stands as a constant reminder of apartheid and its atrocities to the black population.
Reply:
The processes of renaming of geographical features in South Africa is set in motion by applicants who may be at local authorities like municipalities, government agencies and individual South Africans who wish to propose a geographical name change.
This process is provided for in terms of the South African Geographical Names Act 118 of 1998. Such individual, authority or entity may approach the municipality under which the feature proposed to be changed falls so that public consultations can be organized.