Indigenous historian Dr Neville Felix argued that name changes 'should be strategically administered not politically' streetnames
Amid facing pockets of resistance, the Gauteng Geographic Names, Committee has reassured concerned communities of the inclusivity of the process to rename streets, buildings and the heritage landscape, with an expert maintaining that the cost of unifying a nation was – priceless. According to Dr Mandla Mathebula, deputy chair of the 15-member GGNC – representative of all the district and metropolitan municipalities – the committee had a target of 12 name changes per financial year.
While conceding having encountered “pockets of resistance”, Mathebula reassured Gauteng residents of the fairness and inclusive approach of the process. “Maintaining the status quo becomes very costly, because the price you pay is not only on control but ownership. That is the underlying question many people don’t want to answer, because they have the fear that if things normalise, people may want to take your land or your car – something that has never happened,” he said.“If you look at the genealogy, people are as mixed as everyone else, yet they want to be pure.
“You still find the majority of people without the means to move out of a township into the town – an area with better facilities.
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