Despite not having been formally submitted for consideration, the proposal to rename the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium after soccer boss Danny Jordaan is already being slammed.
The DA in the Eastern Cape says the venue, which costs the City R45 million a year to maintain, should instead have its naming rights sold to a private consortium.
The renaming of the 2010 World Cup venue after the former mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, who is also the president of the SA Football Association (SAFA), is the idea of activist Christian Martin, who successfully petitioned for the renaming of Port Elizabeth International Airport to Chief Dawid Stuurman Airport.