List of South African football club name changes

List of South African football club name changes

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Original Club Name	New Club Name	Date Changed	Reason for change

Khakhu Fast XI	Mapate Silver Stars	1998

Mapate Silver Stars	HP Silver Stars	2000	Larry Brookstone, the owner of Highlands Park, bought the majority of shares. Despite the new ownership, the club continued to play at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.

HP Silver Stars	Silver Stars	200x	Name was shortened, when the Highlands Park junior team stopped as a nursery team for the club.

Silver Stars	Platinum Stars	May 2007	Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) entered as the clubs sponsor in 2006 and relocated the team to play at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Phokeng.

Cape Town Spurs & Seven Stars	Ajax Cape Town	1999	Result of Merger after Ajax Amsterdam buy out

University of Port Elizabeth-FCK (UPE-FCK) & Port Elizabeth Technikon	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University-FCK (NMMU-FCK)	2004	Merger between universities.

Wits University	Bidvest Wits	2006

Qwa-Qwa Stars	Free State Stars	1999

Amazulu	Zulu Royals	2003

Basotho Tigers	North West Tigers	2004

PJ Stars	M Tigers	2007

Hellenic	Benoni Premier United	2005

Pietersburg Pillars	City Pillars	2005

Uthukela	Nathi Lions	2005

Tembisa Classic	Maritzburg United	2005

Manning Rangers	Fidentia Rangers	2006

Mabopane Young Masters	FC AK	2006

Vasco da Gama	FC Cape Town	2007

Benoni Premier United	Thanda Royal Zulu	10 October 2007

City Pillars	Mpumalanga Black Aces	2007

Fidentia Rangers	Ikapa Sporting	2008

Bay United	Polokwane City	2012	Club had moved from Port Elizabeth to Polokwane.

Mbekweni Cosmos	Chippa United	2010	New owner's nickname was 'Chippa'.

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Tembisa Classic was renamed to Maritzburg United and Wits University to Bidvest Wits in time for the 2006 season.

final_sentence: Tembisa Classic was renamed to Maritzburg United and Wits University to Bidvest Wits in time for the 2006 season.