Posted on 12/10/2011 1:57:53 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Cityscape of Pretoria, the capital of South Africa in 2010.
The official who oversees South Africa's capital, Pretoria, says the city will have a new name by the end of next year.
The mayor of Tshwane municipality, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, says all of Pretoria will be renamed Tshwane by the end of 2012.
The ruling African National Congress party has been working for years to rename the capital Tshwane, but the move has been strongly resisted, mainly by white South Africans.
Ramokgopa says the issue is currently before the culture minister for approval, adding his municipality would be "resolute and stubborn" to ensure the capital is renamed.
Speaking Monday, the mayor also vowed that major streets in Pretoria that are currently named after Afrikaners and apartheid-era officials will be renamed to honor anti-apartheid activists.
Chief Tshwane ruled the area before white settlers arrived in the early 19th century. The capital is currently named after Andries Pretorius - an Afrikaner who battled Zulu warriors and fought against colonial British rule.
Tshwane municipality was set up in 2000 and includes 13 towns, including Pretoria, which remains the center of government.
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That worked out swell.
I wonder if Tshwane will have reverted to bush in 50 years?
Tshwane?
Cant even pronounce that.
W-A-Y down upon the Tshwane riverrr.....
Sorry.
"..go back before Tshwane when it was known as Quanoville"
Reminds me of a classic SNL skit with Nicholas Cage. The conclusion: After the delivery boy says, “Thank you, Mr. Asswipe”, Cage erupts with, “It’s pronounced Oz-WEE-pay!!!!”
Exhibition of black racism against whites.
Whites probably need to be making plans to evacuate
Finally, Stephen F. Austin gets some respect!! Even Ben Jolson, who sang the song should see a revival in popularity as all the world sings about the new S. African capital:
“Tshwane, how I love ya, how I love ya, my dear old Tshwane . . . . “
and the ever-popular:
“Way down upon the Tshwane river . . . . . “”
I notice they waited until they’d hosted the 2010 World Cup before announcing this; that will be remembered like the “Rumble in the Jungle”, in which Muhammed Ali was gushing over being on a “black” airline with black pilots (after the Congo became “Zaire). Today, over 2 million people have been killed in the war in the Congo, airlines are a thing of the past, and yes, the name has been changed back from Zaire to the Congo.
“Chief Tshwane ruled the area before white settlers arrived in the early 19th century.”
I doubt that; one of the reasons the whites settled there was because nobody else claimed it. Later problems northeast of South Africa forced migrations of people southward, where they encountered the Boers. Zulus themselves are the main rival of the ANC; they are a different tribe, with their own king.
ANC, which tribe are they?
They are a political party, opposed by a tribe with their own political leadership.
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