The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) is the recent political party to oppose the renaming of Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive, labelling the move as distasteful as she did not contribute to the development of the City of Johannesburg.
Palestinian activist Leila Khaled. The ACDP has strongly opposed the renaming of Sandton Drive after Khaled, arguing that she has not contributed to the development of the City. Picture: Boxer NgwenyaThe African Christian Democratic Party has rejected the renaming of Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive, labelling the move as distasteful as she did not contribute to the development of the City of Johannesburg.
Khaled is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and currently lives in Amman, Jordan.Reacting to the renaming of the Sandton Drive to Palestinian heroine, Khaled, the ACDP Johannesburg Caucus and councillor Norman Mkhonza rejected the idea, saying that it is distasteful. ”As much as Khaled could be seen as a freedom fighter in a thin slice of South African society, her fight has been for the Palestinian cause, not for the development of Johannesburg,” he said.
“Additionally, the City’s debtor’s book is at an estimated R50 Billion which should give us sleepless nights as opposed to the obsession with renaming streets, especially renaming them to individuals who were divisive and contributed nothing to the City’s development.”
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