The Democratic Alliance, the main opposition, says it is not against renaming but that the ANC has excluded it from deliberations, tried to impose partisan choices and broken the rules.

• 南非主要的反对党民主联盟表示，他们并不反对重新改名的行动，但是非洲国民大会并没有在决定改名之前将此事进行仔细审核，而是强制性地执行他们的要求并就此违反了国家规定。