Although some Graaff-Reinet residents and those of surrounding Karoo towns celebrated media reports that their names will not change, Eastern Cape Geographical Names Committee chairperson Christian ...

Minister’s decision to ditch town’s colonial-era identity and honour anti-apartheid activist divides residents A South African town is divided over changing its name from the colonial-era ...

Sport, arts, and culture minister Gayton McKenzie has been hauled to court to undo his renaming of Graaff-Reinet to Robert ...

Graaff-Reinet is a historic rural town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. It seldom makes headlines. But when, in August 2023, residents received word that the town’s name might change to Robert ...

The renaming of historical Eastern Cape town Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe Town has triggered mounting resistance from residents who say the move risks dividing a community already struggling with ...

South Africans are fighting over many things in 2026. Fuel prices. Load shedding. Whether pineapple belongs on pizza. However ...

Guide books will tell a lot about Graaff-Reinet, but it is only on the heights above this exceptional town that one realises why it goes by the name Gem of the Karoo. The circular shape of the Old ...

Graaff-Reinet is a historic rural town in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. It seldom makes headlines. But when, in August 2023, residents received word that the town's name might change to Robert ...

Residents in a low-income Graaff-Reinet community are cleaning up the litter around them, taking it in bags to a special container shop and receiving tokens to buy food in exchange. In its first four ...

A water crisis in the town of Graaff-Reinet has seen the Nqweba Dam run dry, leaving behind an overpowering stench of dead fish while residents "fight" for water. The humanitarian organisation Gift of ...