Six days left to suggest new names for Mbombela’s Government Buildings in Riverside
The closing date for submissions is February 9 at 16:15. The public can submit suggestions on Facebook and Twitter.
MBOMBELA – The Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation invites social-media users to play an active role in the renaming of our city’s Riverside Government Complex, which will have a brand-new name before the end of 2015.
According to departmental spokesman Sibongile Nkosi, a project that will facilitate the renaming of the complex was initiated by MEC Sibongile Manana, along with the speaker of the legislature, Thandi Shongwe. The provincial executive council has expressed its support to the project which aims to facilitate and drive social cohesion and nation building while renaming these buildings.
The process will be carried out under the theme: “Naming for restoration and reconstruction”, and brings legislation to life. The South African Geographical Names Council Act 118 of 1998 states that our province has to establish structures through which projects such as these will be done.
According to Nkosi, a structure such as this has been assigned for this campaign in the form of a committee. “The aim is to generate interest and conversations about the subject of naming with a view to inspire individual officials, persons and sector departments to make submissions on possible names that can be given to each significant and identifiable geographic feature within the Riverside Government Complex,” Nkosi explains. Social media will be utilised for this purpose.
People can submit their suggestions to kbmokoena@mpg.gov.za Tweet your submission to (@DCSROfficial) using the #GovComplex or on Facebook (dcsr.official). Faxed submissions are also accepted and can be sent to 013-766-8253. The closing date for submissions is February 9 at 16:15.
Names are needed for the following buildings: Building one (Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature), building two (Office of the Premier), building three (social development), building four (finance, community safety, security and liaison and economic development, environment and tourism), building five (culture, sport and
recreation and education), building six (cooperative governance and traditional affairs and agriculture, rural development and land administration) and building seven (human settlements and public works, roads and transport).
