AfriForum challenges minister over Graaff-Reinet name change [SOUND]

# AfriForum approached the High Court in Pretoria to review the decision by minister Gayton McKenzie to change the name of Graaff-Reinet, following a Government Gazette notice listing 21 proposed place-name changes. The forum’s Alana Bailey argues the process is unconstitutional, costly, and opposed by residents. She says the move could harm tourism and deepen community division while diverting attention from service delivery challenges and governance failures in affected municipalities: