The eThekwini Municipality has sought to defend its decision to spend R2.8 million on a citywide rebranding project saying the funds were from its Communications Unit’s existing budget and will ...

The city council had approved the project to review the municipal logo at a meeting held on June 28, 2017. ... eThekwini spokesperson Gugu Sisilana said the cost for the logo change is R2.8m.

Alice Govender, chairperson of the Phoenix Civic and Ratepayers Association, said: “It is with utter disgust to hear that R2.8 million is going to be utilised towards rebranding the city’s logo.

In addition, at the start of the project at ANA, the latest model "Boeing 787" is a movie droid "R2 - D2"R2 - D2 Jet" which painted special paint as a motif is released. The logo of "STAR WARS" is ...