Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Aan de Doorns	Western Cape
Aberdeen	Eastern Cape
Aberfeldy	Free State
Abbotsdale	Western Cape
Acornhoek	Mpumalanga
Adelaide	Eastern Cape
Adendorp	Eastern Cape
Addo	Eastern Cape
Aggeneys	Northern Cape
L'Agulhas or Agulhas	Western Cape	also see Cape Agulhas
Amahlongwa	KwaZulu-Natal
Ahrens	KwaZulu-Natal
Akasia	Gauteng	northwest of Pretoria
Albertinia	Western Cape	Garden route
Alberton	Gauteng
Albertshoek	North West
Alderley	Eastern Cape
Alexander Bay	Northern Cape
Alexandria	Eastern Cape
Alexandra	Gauteng	Township north of Johannesburg
Alettasrus	North West
Alice	Eastern Cape	Edikeni in Xhosa
Alicedale	Eastern Cape
Aliwal North	Eastern Cape
Allandale	Free State
Allanridge	Free State
Alldays	Limpopo
Allep	Free State
Amalia	North West
Amalienstein	Western Cape	Klein Karoo
Amandawe	KwaZulu-Natal
Amanzimtoti	KwaZulu-Natal
Amersfoort	Mpumalanga
Amsterdam	Mpumalanga
Anerley	KwaZulu-Natal
Arlington	Free State
Arniston	Western Cape
Ashton	Western Cape
Askham	Northern Cape
Atlantis	Western Cape
Atteridgeville	Gauteng
Augrabies	Northern Cape
Aurora	Western Cape

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Baardskeerdersbos	Western Cape
Babelegi	North West
Babanango	KwaZulu-Natal
Badplaas	Mpumalanga
Bailey	Eastern Cape
Bakerville	North West
Balfour	Mpumalanga
Balfour	Eastern Cape	Amatola District
Balgowan	KwaZulu-Natal
Ballengeich	KwaZulu-Natal
Ballito	KwaZulu-Natal
Balmoral	Mpumalanga
Baltimore	Limpopo
Bandelierkop	Limpopo
Bandur	Limpopo
Bank, Gauteng	Gauteng
Bankkop	Mpumalanga
Bapsfontein	Gauteng
Barakke	Eastern Cape
Barberspan	North West	also Leghadighadi - 'Deep waterhole'
Barberton	Mpumalanga
Barkly East	Eastern Cape
Barkly West	Northern Cape
Baroe	Eastern Cape
Barrington	Western Cape
Barrydale	Western Cape
Bathurst	Eastern Cape
Baviaan	Western Cape
Bazley	KwaZulu-Natal
Beaufort West	Western Cape
Beauty	Limpopo
Bedford	Eastern Cape
Beestekraal	North West
Behulpsaam	Eastern Cape
Beitbridge	Limpopo
Bekker	Northern Cape
Bela-Bela	Limpopo	previously Warmbaths
Belfast	Mpumalanga
Bell	Eastern Cape
Bellevue	Eastern Cape
Bellville	Western Cape
Belmont	Northern Cape
Benoni	Gauteng
Berbice	Mpumalanga
Berea	Western Cape
Bergplaas	Western Cape
Bergrivier	Western Cape
Bergville	KwaZulu-Natal
Berlin	Eastern Cape
Bermolli	Northern Cape
Besters	KwaZulu-Natal
Bethal	Mpumalanga
Bethanie	North West
Bethelsdorp	Eastern Cape
Bethlehem	Free State
Bethulie	Free State
Bettiesdam	Mpumalanga
Betty's Bay	Western Cape
Bewley	North West
Biesiesfontein	Western Cape
Biesiespoort	Northern Cape
Biesiesvlei	North West
Biggarsberg	KwaZulu-Natal
Bhisho	Eastern Cape	Capital of Eastern Cape
Bitterfontein	Western Cape	West Coast
Bityi	Eastern Cape
Bloemfontein	Free State
Bloemhof	North West
Blouberg	Western Cape	Part of the City of Cape Town
Bluewater Bay	Eastern Cape
Boipatong	Gauteng
Boksburg	Gauteng
Bonnievale	Western Cape
Bonza Bay	Eastern Cape	Part of East London
Bophelong	Gauteng
Bosbokrand	Mpumalanga
Boshof	Free State
Boston	KwaZulu-Natal
Bothaville	Free State
Botshabelo	Free State
Brackenfell	Western Cape
Brakpan	Gauteng
Brandfort	Free State
Braunschweig	Eastern Cape
Bray	North West
Bredasdorp	Western Cape
Breyten	Mpumalanga
Brits	North West
Britstown	Northern Cape
Broederstroom	North West
Bronkhorstspruit	Gauteng
Buffelsjagbaai	Western Cape
Bultfontein	Free State
Bulwer	KwaZulu-Natal
Burgersdorp	Eastern Cape
Burgersfort	Limpopo
Boompie Alleen	Free State
Butterworth	Eastern Cape	now Gcuwa

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Cala	Eastern Cape
Caledon	Western Cape
Calitzdorp	Western Cape
Calvert	KwaZulu-Natal
Calvinia	Northern Cape
Cambria	Eastern Cape
Campbell	Northern Cape
Camperdown	KwaZulu-Natal
Camps Bay	Western Cape	Part of Cape Town
Candover	KwaZulu-Natal
Cannon Rocks	Eastern Cape
Cape St. Francis	Eastern Cape
Cape Town	Western Cape
Cape Vidal	KwaZulu-Natal
Carletonville	Gauteng
Carlow	Limpopo
Carlsonia	North West
Carlton	Northern Cape
Carnarvon	Northern Cape
Carolina	Mpumalanga
Catalina Bay	KwaZulu-Natal
Carolusberg	Northern Cape
Cathcart	Eastern Cape
Cato Ridge	KwaZulu-Natal
Cedarville	KwaZulu-Natal
Centurion	Gauteng
Ceres	Western Cape
Chalumna	Eastern Cape
Chantelle	Gauteng
Charl Cilliers	Mpumalanga
Charlestown	KwaZulu-Natal
Chintsa	Eastern Cape
Chrissiesmeer	Mpumalanga
Christiana	North West
Chuniespoort	Limpopo
Churchaven	Western Cape
Citrusdal	Western Cape
Clansthal	KwaZulu-Natal
Clanwilliam	Western Cape
Claremont	Western Cape	Part of Cape Town
Clarens	Free State
Clarkebury	Eastern Cape
Clarkson	Western Cape
Clermont	KwaZulu-Natal
Clewer	Mpumalanga
Clifford	Eastern Cape
Clifton	Western Cape	Part of Cape Town
Clocolan	Free State
Coalville	Mpumalanga
Coega	Eastern Cape
Concordia	Northern Cape
Coffee Bay	Eastern Cape
Cofimvaba	Eastern Cape
Coghlan	Eastern Cape
Colchester	Eastern Cape
Coleford	Eastern Cape
Colesberg	Northern Cape
Colenso	KwaZulu-Natal
Coligny	North West
Colston	Northern Cape
Commondale	Mpumalanga
Constantia	Western Cape	Part of Cape Town
Copperton	Northern Cape
Cornelia	Free State
Cork	Mpumalanga
Cookhouse	Eastern Cape
Cradock	Eastern Cape
Cullinan	Gauteng

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Dalton	KwaZulu-Natal
Danielskuil	Northern Cape
Dannhauser	KwaZulu-Natal
Darling	Western Cape
Darnall	KwaZulu-Natal
Daveyton	Gauteng
De Aar	Northern Cape
Dealesville	Free State
De Doorns	Western Cape
De Kelders	Western Cape
Delareyville	North West
Delmas	Mpumalanga
Delportshoop	Northern Cape
Deneysville	Free State
Derby	North West
De Rust	Western Cape
Despatch	Eastern Cape
Devon	Gauteng
Dewetsdorp	Free State
Dibeng	Northern Cape
Dingleton	Northern Cape
Döhne	Eastern Cape
Doonside	KwaZulu-Natal
Doringbaai	Western Cape
Dordrecht	Eastern Cape
Douglas	Northern Cape
Drummond	KwaZulu-Natal
Dududu	KwaZulu-Natal
Duduza	Gauteng
Duiwelskloof	Limpopo	renamed Modjadjiskloof
Dullstroom	Mpumalanga
Dundee	KwaZulu-Natal
Durban	KwaZulu-Natal
Durbanville	Western Cape
Dutywa	Eastern Cape
Dysselsdorp	Western Cape

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Edenburg	Free State
Edenvale	Gauteng
Edenville	Free State
Eendekuil	Western Cape
East London	Eastern Cape	Xhosa: eMonti, part of Buffalo City
ekuPhakameni	KwaZulu-Natal
Elandsbaai	Western Cape
Elandslaagte	KwaZulu-Natal
Elim	Western Cape
Elgin	Western Cape
Elliot	Eastern Cape
eMdloti	KwaZulu-Natal
Empangeni	KwaZulu-Natal
Ermelo	Mpumalanga
Eshowe	KwaZulu-Natal
Estcourt	KwaZulu-Natal
Evaton	Gauteng
Excelsior	Free State

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Faure	Western Cape
Fauresmith	Free State
Ficksburg	Free State
Firgrove	Western Cape
Fisherhaven	Western Cape
Fish Hoek	Western Cape
Flagstaff	Eastern Cape
Fochville	Gauteng
Fort Beaufort	Eastern Cape
Fouriesburg	Free State
Frankfort	Free State
Franklin	KwaZulu-Natal
Franskraal	Western Cape
Franschhoek	Western Cape
Fraserburg	Northern Cape

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Ga-Motlagomo	Limpopo
Gansbaai	Western Cape
Ganyesa	North West
Ga-Rankuwa	North West
Gcuwa	Eastern Cape	previously Butterworth
Genadendal	Western Cape
George	Western Cape
Germiston	Gauteng
Giyani	Limpopo
Glencoe	KwaZulu-Natal
Gonubie	Eastern Cape	Part of East London
Gordon's Bay	Western Cape
Gouda	Western Cape
Graaff-Reinet	Eastern Cape
Graafwater	Western Cape
Grabouw	Western Cape
Grahamstown	Eastern Cape	renamed to Makhanda
Graskop	Mpumalanga
Gravelotte, Limpopo	Limpopo
Greylingstad	Mpumalanga
Greyton	Western Cape
Greytown	KwaZulu-Natal
Griekwastad	Northern Cape	formerly Griquatown
Groblersdal	Limpopo
Groblershoop	Northern Cape
Groot Marico	North West

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Haenertsburg	Limpopo
Hammanskraal	Gauteng
Hankey	Eastern Cape
Harrismith	Free State
Hartbeespoort	North West Province
Hattingspruit	KwaZulu-Natal
Hazyview	Mpumalanga
Hectorspruit	Mpumalanga
Heidelberg	Gauteng
Heidelberg	Western Cape
Heilbron	Free State
Henley on Klip	Gauteng
Hennenman	Free State
Hermanus	Western Cape
Hertzogville	Free State
Hibberdene	KwaZulu-Natal
Hillcrest	KwaZulu-Natal
Hilton	KwaZulu-Natal
Himeville	KwaZulu-Natal
Hluhluwe	KwaZulu-Natal
Hobhouse	Free State
Hoedspruit	Limpopo
Hofmeyr	Eastern Cape
Hoopstad	Free State
Hopefield	Western Cape
Hopetown	Northern Cape
Howick	KwaZulu-Natal
Humansdorp	Eastern Cape

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Ibhayi	Eastern Cape	Collection of townships north of Port Elizabeth
Ifafa Beach	KwaZulu-Natal
Illovo Beach	KwaZulu-Natal
Indwe	Eastern Cape
Impendle	KwaZulu-Natal
Inanda	KwaZulu-Natal
Ingwavuma	KwaZulu-Natal
Irene	Gauteng
Isando	Gauteng
Isipingo	KwaZulu-Natal
Ixopo	KwaZulu-Natal

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Jamestown	Western Cape
Jansenville	Eastern Cape
Jacobsdal	Free State
Jagersfontein	Free State
Jan Kempdorp	Northern Cape
Jeffreys Bay	Eastern Cape
Johannesburg	Gauteng

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Kaapmuiden	Mpumalanga
Karridene	KwaZulu-Natal
Katlehong	Gauteng
Kempton Park	Gauteng
Kenton-on-Sea	Eastern Cape
Kestell	Free State
Keurboomstrand	Western Cape
Kgotsong	Free State
Khayelitsha	Western Cape
Kimberley	Northern Cape
Kingsburgh	KwaZulu-Natal
King William's Town	Eastern Cape
Kinross	Mpumalanga
Kirkwood	Eastern Cape
Klapmuts	Western Cape
Klerksdorp	North West Province
Kloof	KwaZulu-Natal
Knysna	Western Cape
Koffiefontein	Free State
Kokstad	KwaZulu-Natal
Komatipoort	Mpumalanga
Kommetjie	Western Cape
Koppies	Free State
Kraaifontein	Western Cape
Kromdraai	Gauteng
Kroonstad	Free State
Kriel	Mpumalanga
Krugersdorp	Gauteng	now part of Mogale City
Kuils River	Western Cape
KwaCele	KwaZulu-Natal
KwaDukuza	KwaZulu-Natal	previously Stanger
KwaMashu	KwaZulu-Natal
KwaMhlanga	Mpumalanga
KwaThema	Gauteng

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Ladybrand	Free State
Lady Frere	Eastern Cape
Lady Grey	Eastern Cape
Ladysmith	KwaZulu-Natal	Mnambithi
Laingsburg	Western Cape
La Lucia	KwaZulu-Natal
La Mercy	KwaZulu-Natal
Lambert's Bay	Western Cape
Lenasia	Gauteng
Lephalale	Limpopo	previously Ellisras
Lichtenburg	North West
Lindley	Free State
Lyttelton	Gauteng
Loopspruit	Mpumalanga
Louis Trichardt	Limpopo	Known as "Makhado" June 2003 - March 2007
Louwsburg	KwaZulu-Natal	Zulu name: Ngotshe
Luckhoff	Free State
Lydenburg	Mpumalanga

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Machadodorp	Mpumalanga
Maclear	Eastern Cape
Madadeni	KwaZulu-Natal
Mafikeng	North West
Magabeni	KwaZulu-Natal
Magaliesburg	Gauteng
Mahlabatini	KwaZulu-Natal
Makeleketla	Free State	Adjacent to Winburg
Malelane	Mpumalanga
Mamelodi	Gauteng
Mandini	KwaZulu-Natal
Marble Hall	Limpopo
Margate	KwaZulu-Natal
Marquard	Free State
Matatiele	Eastern Cape
Matjiesfontein	Western Cape
Mbombela	Mpumalanga	previously Nelspruit
Melkbosstrand	Western Cape
Melkhoutfontein	Western Cape
Melmoth	KwaZulu-Natal
Melville	KwaZulu-Natal
Memel	Free State
Merrivale	KwaZulu-Natal
Meyerton	Gauteng
Middelburg	Eastern Cape
Middelburg	Mpumalanga
Midrand	Gauteng
Milnerton	Western Cape
Mkuze	KwaZulu-Natal
Mmabatho	North West Province
Modder River	Northern Cape
Modimolle	Limpopo	(previously Nylstroom)
Mokopane	Limpopo	(previously Potgietersrus)
Molteno	Eastern Cape
Mooirivier	KwaZulu-Natal
Morgenzon	Mpumalanga
Mount Edgecombe	KwaZulu-Natal
Mount Fletcher	Eastern Cape
Mossel Bay	Western Cape
Mpumalanga	KwaZulu-Natal
Mthatha	Eastern Cape
Mtubatuba	KwaZulu-Natal	Nkomokayixoshwa
Mtunzini	KwaZulu-Natal
Muden	KwaZulu-Natal
Muizenberg	Western Cape
Muldersdrift	Gauteng
Musina	Limpopo	(previously Messina)

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Naboomspruit	Limpopo	new name Mookgophong
Newcastle	KwaZulu-Natal
New Germany	KwaZulu-Natal
New Hanover	KwaZulu-Natal
Engcobo	Eastern Cape
Nieu-Bethesda	Eastern Cape
Nigel	Gauteng
Nongoma	KwaZulu-Natal
Noordhoek	Western Cape
Nottingham Road	KwaZulu-Natal

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Odendaalsrus	Free State
Ogies	Mpumalanga
Ohrigstad	Mpumalanga
Orania, Northern Cape	Northern Cape
Oranjeville	Free State
Orchards	Gauteng
Orkney	North West
oThongathi	KwaZulu-Natal
Oudtshoorn	Western Cape
Oyster Bay	Eastern Cape

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Paarl	Western Cape
Palm Beach	KwaZulu-Natal
Park Rynie	KwaZulu-Natal
Parys	Free State
Patensie	Eastern Cape
Paterson	Eastern Cape
Paulpietersburg	KwaZulu-Natal
Paul Roux	Free State
Pennington	KwaZulu-Natal
Perdekop	Mpumalanga
Petrusburg	Free State
Petrus Steyn	Free State
Phalaborwa	Limpopo
Philadelphia	Western Cape
Philippolis	Free State
Phuthaditjhaba	Free State	Qwaqwa
Piet Retief	Mpumalanga
Pietermaritzburg	KwaZulu-Natal	Mgungundlovu/Mgungundlovana
Piketberg	Western Cape
Pilgrim's Rest	Mpumalanga
Pinetown	KwaZulu-Natal
Plettenberg Bay	Western Cape
Plooysburg	Northern Cape
Pniel	Western Cape
Polokwane	Limpopo	previously Pietersburg
Pomeroy	KwaZulu-Natal
Pongola	KwaZulu-Natal
Port Alfred	Eastern Cape
Port Edward	KwaZulu-Natal
Port Elizabeth	Eastern Cape	renamed Gqeberha
Port Shepstone	KwaZulu-Natal
Port St. Johns	Eastern Cape
Potchefstroom	North West
Pretoria	Gauteng	Tshwane
Prieska	Northern Cape
Prins Albert	Western Cape

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Queensburgh	KwaZulu-Natal
Queenstown	Eastern Cape	Komani

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Ramsgate	KwaZulu-Natal
Randburg	Gauteng
Randfontein	Gauteng
Ratanda	Gauteng
Reddersburg	Free State
Reitz	Free State
Richards Bay	KwaZulu-Natal
Richmond	Northern Cape
Riebeek Kasteel	Western Cape
Robertson	Western Cape
Roodepoort	Gauteng
Rooihuiskraal	Gauteng
Rosendal	Free State
Rouxville	Free State
Rustenburg	North West	Phokeng

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Sabie	Mpumalanga
Salt Rock	KwaZulu-Natal
Sandton	Gauteng
Sannieshof	North West
Sasolburg	Free State
Schweizer-Reneke	North West
Scottburgh	KwaZulu-Natal
Sebokeng	Gauteng
Secunda	Mpumalanga
Senekal	Free State
Sezela	KwaZulu-Natal
Sharpeville	Gauteng
Shawela	Limpopo
Shelly Beach	KwaZulu-Natal
Smithfield	Free State
Somerset East	Eastern Cape
Somerset West	Western Cape
Soshanguve	Gauteng
Southbroom	KwaZulu-Natal
Soweto	Gauteng
Springbok	Northern Cape
Springfontein	Free State
Springs	Gauteng
Standerton	Mpumalanga
Stilfontein	North West
Stellenbosch	Western Cape
Steynsburg	Eastern Cape
Steynsrus	Free State
St Francis Bay	Eastern Cape
St Lucia	KwaZulu-Natal
St Georges Strand	Eastern Cape
St Michael's-on-sea	KwaZulu-Natal
Strand	Western Cape
Strydenburg	Northern Cape
Stutterheim	Eastern Cape
Summerstrand	Eastern Cape
Swartberg	Western Cape
Swartkops	Eastern Cape
Swellendam	Western Cape
Swinburne	Free State

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Tarkastad	Eastern Cape
Tembisa	Gauteng
Thaba Nchu	Free State
Thabazimbi	Limpopo
Theunissen	Free State
Thohoyandou	Limpopo
Thokoza	Gauteng
Trichardt	Mpumalanga
Trompsburg	Free State
Tsakane	Gauteng
Tugela Ferry	KwaZulu-Natal
Tulbagh	Western Cape
Tweeling	Free State
Tweespruit	Free State

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Ubombo	KwaZulu-Natal
Uitenhage	Eastern Cape	Kariega
Ulundi	KwaZulu-Natal
Umbogintwini	KwaZulu-Natal	eZimbokodweni
Umgababa	KwaZulu-Natal
Umhlali	KwaZulu-Natal
uMhlanga	KwaZulu-Natal
Umkomaas	KwaZulu-Natal	eMkhomazi
Umlazi	KwaZulu-Natal	eMlaza
Umtentweni	KwaZulu-Natal
Umzinto	KwaZulu-Natal
Umzumbe	KwaZulu-Natal
Underberg	KwaZulu-Natal
Upington	Northern Cape
Uniondale, Western Cape	Western Cape
Utrecht	KwaZulu-Natal
Uvongo	KwaZulu-Natal

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Vaalbank	Mpumalanga
Vaalwater	Limpopo
Vanderbijlpark	Gauteng
Van Reenen	KwaZulu-Natal
Van Stadensrus	Free State
Ventersburg	Free State
Vereeniging	Gauteng
Verkeerdevlei	Free State
Verulam	KwaZulu-Natal
Victoria West	Northern Cape
Viljoenskroon	Free State
Villiers	Free State
Virginia	KwaZulu-Natal
Vivo	Limpopo
Volksrust	Mpumalanga
Vosloorus	Gauteng
Vrede	Free State
Vredefort	Free State
Vryburg	North West
Vryheid	KwaZulu-Natal

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Wakkerstroom	Mpumalanga
Warden	Free State
Warner Beach	KwaZulu-Natal
Warrenton	Northern Cape
Wartburg	KwaZulu-Natal
Wasbank	KwaZulu-Natal
Waterfall	KwaZulu-Natal
Waterval Boven	Mpumalanga
Waterval Onder	Mpumalanga
Wedela	Gauteng[1]
Weenen	KwaZulu-Natal
Welkom	Free State	Mvela
Wellington	Western Cape
Wepener	Free State
Wesselsbron	Free State
Westonaria	Gauteng
Westville	KwaZulu-Natal
White River	Mpumalanga
Whittlesea	Eastern Cape	Hewu
Wilderness	Western Cape
Williston	Northern Cape
Winburg	Free State
Winkelspruit	KwaZulu-Natal
Winterton	KwaZulu-Natal
Witbank	Mpumalanga	Emalahleni
Wolmaransstad	North West
Worcester	Western Cape

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
York	KwaZulu-Natal
Yzerfontein	Western Cape

Name	Province	Remarks/new name
Zastron	Free State
Zeerust	North West
Zwelitsha	Eastern Cape