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| South Africa's Capital Renamed Tshwane | |
| 2005-03-08 | |
In a symbolic break with apartheid, officials in South Africa's capital voted Monday to rename the city Tshwane, retaining the name Pretoria for the city center only. The decision was taken at a special meeting of the governing African National Congress-dominated metropolitan council, the South African Press Association reported. The city of 2 million, established by white settlers in 1855, was named after Andries Pretorius, a leader in the Afrikaners' "Great Trek" into the interior of the country. Tshwane, which means "we are the same," was the name used by some of the region's earliest African settlers. Opposition councilors argued Monday that the process was a waste of money, and said the move to rename Pretoria threatens to split the capital along racial lines.
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| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #10 Frank lol |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-03-08 7:44:42 PM |
| #9 Get out to ?? France? Holland? as ex-Huguenot? |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2005-03-08 7:32:32 PM |
| #8 "Tshwane" as in the Alan Ladd western, but with a cleft palate "num back, Tswane!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-03-08 7:29:51 PM |
| #7 The name of cities and streets reflects who is in power. Tshwane, Martin Luther King Blvd, etc. It's over for white people in South Africa. They need to get out. |
| Posted by: Glereger Clise6229 2005-03-08 7:18:20 PM |
| #6 Tshwane? As in: "Way down upon the Tshwane River..." |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-08 6:28:57 PM |
| #5 Debby does Tshwane. Nice ring. |
| Posted by: john 2005-03-08 2:59:18 PM |
| #4 And, in other efforts to "Afro-centrize", they have now voted to rename the words "science" after its ancient antecedant "ng'bobo"; "art", from its original "unga-unga-urp"; and to restructure their currency, based on the mongongo nut instead of gold. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-03-08 10:32:13 AM |
| #3 Tshwane! How I love ya! How I love ya! My dear old Tshwane! |
| Posted by: The Great Jolson 2005-03-08 10:24:32 AM |
| #2 Splitters! |
| Posted by: Lt. Gonville Bromhead, 24th Regiment 2005-03-08 2:28:53 AM |
| #1 Cool name, sounds like stepping into somethimg. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-03-08 1:34:08 AM |