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James Calata (Jamestown), Eastern Cape Jamestown was renamed James Calata in 2015.

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Named after James Arthur Calata, Secretary General of the ANC from 1936-1949 and first Black canon in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (Makhanda Cathedral). List of references: Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 137 List of structures: Gereformeerde Kerk: c1960. Kidwell Memorial Church - Wesleyan Methodist Church: 1914. Magistrates Court: n.d.. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1912. School: 1914. Wesleyan Methodist Church - Kidwell Memorial Church: 1914.