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South Africa Dozens of communities traded Afrikaner names for indigenous ones after apartheid ended. For instance, Pietersburg became Polokwane ("place of safety") in 2002. The government is pondering a proposal to change the capital, Pretoria, named for an Afrikaner hero, to Tshwane, for a precolonial chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's In A Name? | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

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