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This name-changing has gone too far
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document.write("Changing the names of towns that have a rich heritage belonging to many who contributed greatly to South Africa is nothing short of a horrible insult. It is typical ANC practice - do the 'easy' stuff at the stroke of a pen to please the populist vote, whilst causing mass confusion and costing the country billions which could far better be spent on economic development, health,policing etc. It's time a stop was put to this. Are we all just going to sit back and take this arrogant #### like sheep?. gerald");
document.write("Is Luke Watson on the case again
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document.write("come on.... even international visitors are saying it is absurd.....
. phillip");
document.write("PE to lose its name?
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document.write("what is it with people changing names like shirts? just to create expenses? surely in tough times like these money can be used for better things than name changes. Overseas people just shake their heads when I tell them about wanting to change Adderley Street etc.. gefo");
document.write("Change the names
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document.write("Stupid, stupid stupid. All towns and cities in the new South Africa should change their names. To keep everyone happy and not create too much confusion, perhaps we could just insert an i in the front of the names. iDurban, iEast London etc. Much more African sounding. Resisting name changes only makes these turkeys more determined. Better to just ignore the crazy racist idiots. It will be fun to see if they try to rename Cape Town back to what it was known by the Standlopers. My Great Great Great Great Grandmother was a Strandloper and called Cape Town Xoxiseloper Taghnapoticow. Strues Bob.. David");
document.write("Hey..
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document.write("Come on, now. This is ridiculous. At this rate I won't be able to tell people what city I'm from. I may even end up in Zimbabwe trying to go back home to Jo'Burg. Dumi");
document.write("why not
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document.write("as long as they know what they were originally called, before being stolen by the English and Afrikaans invaders. surely all these places existed for centuries as great centres of african civilization, before being stumbled upon by the colonists. sipho. ");
document.write("overseas tourists.
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document.write("Just as a side note, I am one of those overseas tourists who is laughing at you. I thought East London was already Buffalo City (much more African sounding...) Way to take charge of the real issues affecting the new South Africa.. bruce");
document.write("'Great centres of civilisation?'
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document.write("Come on, Sipho, get real. A town like Port Elizabeth was a haunt of Strandlopers. Not exactly a 'centre of great civilisation'. Then the Westerners arrived - Portuguese, Dutch, French Huguenots, 1820 British Settlers - and truly built up the economy of the region. That's the truth, like it or not, It's what actually happened. Now the arrogant ANC wants to take away the proud heritage of this land that belongs as much to the immigrants as it does to the immigrant Black races that migrated South down Africa and killed off the San and Strandlopers. Our English heritage is important too, and we're sick of seeing the incompetent ANC wasting money on stuff like this instead of truly benefiting South Africa and all its peoples.. gerald");
document.write("Afrikaans
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document.write("As the FF guy pointed out the Afrikaaners did not remove English names, it is about respect for all. But this is a revenge thing, and this govt will gloss over with name changes rather than actually help the inhabitants. They embarass themselves with their childish behaviour. There are plenty of local names there for the population, why change PE - did they build it? Sour grapes, chips on their shoulders, usual rubbish.. AJ");
document.write("namechanges
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document.write("Lets change stupid to bright,then all will be happy . frikkie botes");
document.write("They choose which bits of history to remeber
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document.write("David, these fools will never admit to the fact that they murdered and drove out the strandlopers who originally inhabited the point of africa. The zulus supplanted the strandlopers and bushmen just as we supplanted the zulus. They just choose to forget that first bit.
South Africa cannot be considered a democratic country with a fair constitution as long as these idiots ignore the will of the people who live in the very streets and towns they are manipulating. You will NEVER see a first world country do this to it's people. . . NEVER, it's unconstitutional, end of story. Maybe it's time we started acting like the IFP supporters who threatened to rip up any road named after their leaders that has been changed. It worked didn't it? Name change cancelled. Either white people are too unimportant or too obedient. Probably both.
. Tracy");
document.write("Real issue
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document.write("rather spend the money on welfare for the homeless and on crime prevention.What will a name change do for all South Africans besides more confusion? A bunch of name changes are not going to help the country. Sort out the real issues first and ill gladly accept any name change.. Wayne");
document.write("WAKE UP!!!
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document.write("There is nothing that motivates like the smell of money. That is all this is about. Legislate a name change, set up a BEE company to tender for the signage, then issue inflated tender, win inflated tender, and finally, sub-contract the business out to someone capable of doing the job. Seamless enrichment scam. With the side effect of erasing over 200 years of history. Not that that matters. it is only dirty colonail history and we all know how distasteul that it. Better to consign it to the dustbin to showcase our new progressive afro-centric society and all the amazing bright shiny things that come along with it. . John");
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