Ethekwini Municipality have released a notice of intention to change the names of numerous streets in Durban...

It is generally internationally accepted that when a new road is built, it is named after a recent event / happening. As time passes the event becomes a historical affair, and the name of the road pays tribute to that event.

From the names of roads, directional maps are created; buildings and businesses are named. Amongst other things, stories and memories are created, and as time goes by grandparents share their stories with their nephews.

What can be more historically inspiring than the names of the roads/paths your forefathers walked on, where you, possibly decades later, still find yourself walking on today?

How tragic do we then see ANC's "rush to rewrite the history of KwaZulu-Natal" by renaming places using only ANC-affiliated freedom fighters? It is as if the names and events that do not fit into the ruling party's liberation narrative, are disdainfully rejected.

Dont we have better things to do; like stop crime, educate the population, protect the environment, and learn to live in health.

We sincerely urge you to exercise whatever rule possible to halt the approval of Durbans road name changes for the preservation of our history.


PS: Comments can be sent to:
Municipal Manager, 41 Margaret Mncadi Avenue, Durban, 4001,
or, Emailed to: corporategis@durban.gov.za,
or, Fax to: +27 (0)31 311 4024.