Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, South Africa, March 17, 2026 (AFP) - S.African town in uproar over renaming after anti-apartheid icon

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A rebellion over the renaming of the historic country town of Graaff-Reinet has exposed deep-rooted fractures in South Africa as it grapples with its tormented history. In a government decree published last month, the nearly 250-year-old town of whitewashed Cape Dutch houses and red flamboyant trees was renamed after anti-apartheid icon Robert Sobukwe, born here around a century ago. It is one of around 1,500 geographical name-changes since the e......

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