Name changes have been ongoing in South Africa since the demise of apartheid and nowhere has this issue been more of a social and political hot potato than in the capital itself. Traditionally South Africa has three capitals, dating back to the Union in 1910. Both the Boer states and Britain wanted to cling onto their capitals so a compromise was reached, making Pretoria the administrative, Cape Town the legislative and Bloemfontein the judicial capital. This situation persists but further confusion now reigns as Pretoria is apparently in the process, in the face of much opposition, of changing its name to Tshwane. As if we haven’t got enough problems, we don’t even know what our capital city is called any more!