South African Languages

This is a list of place names in South Africa with the focus on places with names in more than one language or with recently changed names.

Alternative name	Origin	Previous name/area	Other names
Abaqulusi		Vryheid
Bela-Bela	Sotho languages: "to boil"	Warmbaths	Warmbad
Buffalo City	Buffalo River	East London & King William's Town
Tshwane	Named after a local chief	Pretoria (Name is still retained)
Ekurhuleni	Xitsonga: "a place of peace"	Kempton Park-Germiston area
Emfuleni	Nguni languages: "a place of a lot of water"	Vereeniging area
Mangaung	Sesotho: "place of leopards"	Bloemfontein
Metsimaholo	Sesotho: "big water"	Sasolburg
Polokwane	Sepedi: "a place of safety"	Pietersburg

The country of South Africa's name in the eleven official languages:

Republic of South Africa (English)
Republiek van Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans)
IRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika (isiNdebele)
Rephaboliki ya Afrika-Borwa (Northern Sotho)
Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa (Sesotho)
IRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika (siSwati)
Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga (Xitsonga)
Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa (Setswana)
Riphabuḽiki ya Afurika Tshipembe (Tshivenḓa)
IRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika (isiXhosa)
IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika (isiZulu)