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document.write("<h5>my drive to work</h5>");
document.write("On my way to work I saw a minibus had broken down with smoke coming out everywhere. The occupants where cursing becuase they were now all late for work. The drvier in turn was swearing at them. Do you think these people want Strand street changed to Tambo street, or do you think they want gov to spend that money or proper public transport?. julius");
document.write("<h5>changing town names</h5>");
document.write("personal names consist of a first name (jacob) and a surname (zuma). Suggest similar solution to town names; first new name (tswana) followed by old name (pretoria); town to be renamed: tswana-pretoria.. van den hurk");
document.write("<h5>A form of ethnic cleansing</h5>");
document.write("Kgalema Motlanthe can sugar coat name changing as much as he wants. it does not change the fact that the end result is that South Africa loses its true heritage and it is replaced with an illusion. Removing the old names is the first step in rewriting the country's history. It is impossible to do so while the physical reminders of the past are manisfest in daily life. In erasing the cultural and historical identities of the Cape Dutch, Voortrekker and British Colonial descendents is a calculated move to marginalize whites. How else can you explain the ongoing attack on anything which can even remotely considered colonial. <br /><br />What is worse is that, in practice, changing names is a \"fast track\" (one of the current regime's favorite buzz-words) path to enrichment. Changing street names is make-work with no lasting economic benefit other than for the official getting the kick backs from the contractors. WAKE UP!!!<br /><br />What for 400 years could not be taken by force from our WHITE COLONIAL ancestors is being taken from us like candy from a baby while we sit won our hands not saying a thing about it for fear of being accused of the mortal sin of racism. Brow beaten as this generation is, it is time to make a stand against the destruction of our cultural heritage. The vandalization of new place and street names is the tip of the iceberg. A symptom of a minority that is every day being made to feel like a second class citizen in its own country. <br /><br />  . John");
document.write("<h5>Street names</h5>");
document.write("Congratulations to President Kgalema Motlanthe on his suggestions. This is the first intelligent suggestion by either 'side' for a long time.<br /><br />In every case, let the people most affected make the decision. For example those who travel along a highway and those who use a side street...... . Peter");
document.write("<h5>namechanges </h5>");
document.write("The only thing the ANC is saying ,is that they are not going to expand the towns and cities to occupy more people.They are not going to build the million houses that they promised,they are just going to change the names of existing towns ,cities and streets.Because if they ever had the intention of building more houses and towns and cities,they would have used the new names on them.But alas the ANC just know how to play with words ,and know how to twist and change them.That is why South Africa will stay in the past with no future for the people while they run the country. frikkie botes");
document.write("<h5>peter</h5>");
document.write("yes peter,absolutely spot on!<br />as for frikkie & the gang-\"our heritage\" is precicely what it was-apartheid did not allow for any other race to have one!. cheryl");
document.write("<h5>name changes</h5>");
document.write("Lets have a new government department \"DEP OF NAME CHANGE\" The minister of name change could employ about 300 new public servants to assist in this extremely urgent & necessary part of governing SOUTH AFRICA The minister would also employ 2 or 3 secretaries & no doubt would require at least 12 armed bodygaurds (from the private sector of course ) The minister would also be entitled to a BLUE LIGHT CAVALCADE as he / she rushes arround the country attending oficial name changing ceremonies A possible candidate for this new high ranking minesterial position would be,yes you guessed, \"MALEMA THE MOUTH\" He certainly has a way with words. His preoccupation with NAME calling surely would make him a front runner for this new highly esteemed ministerial position. john D");
document.write("<h5>Name change an utter waste of funds</h5>");
document.write("Name changing is just a lightning conductor to move the focus away from the dismal delivery record of local municipalities.  Kenneth Kaunda was a master at this -- while his citizens were experiencing some of the worst forms of depradation he kept harping about South Africa's problems thus getting the world to look at something other than his own track record.<br /><br />If the money to be spent on name changes was just channelled into RDP housing, sanitation or running water, the councils would be doing something constructive for their people but just at those sitting and deciding on what's best for the people -- they're getting fatter both bodily and financially by the day!. Trevor");
document.write("<h5>Name changes</h5>");
document.write("An approach that 'reduces the scope for conflict ' should be welcomed. However, for towns  to commission research and collate and publish the material would be a costly exercise for which the punch-drunk taxpayer will no doubt have to cough up. I have yet to be convinced that, given the choice between a politically correct street name and reliable basic services (which are sadly lacking in many parts) the majority of disadvantaged people would opt for the street name!. SF");
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