South Africa’s iconic Kruger National Park, a cornerstone of the nation’s tourism industry, is at the center of a heated debate over its name. The park, which attracts nearly a million visitors annually, was named in 1926 after Paul Kruger, a 19th-century president of the South African Republic. While Kruger is revered by Afrikaners as a hero who resisted British colonialism, many South Africans view him as a symbol of the country’s racist past, accusing him of displacing black communities and excluding them from governance.