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BREAKING NEWS: Gotcha! Renaming was a joke
One thing is for sure, people from Randfontein are proud of the name of their town.
Happy April Fool’s, Randfontein.
Yes, as some of you expected the article ‘Welcome to Emhlangeni’ about Randfontein being renamed was an April Fool’s joke.
Reactions were mixed, some laughed and some posted very, very angry comments on facebook and twitter.
Some of the comment highlights were:
@RfonteinHerald @RandfonteinBeat @RoxydvHerald Please tell me this is an April Fool's Day joke….
— Naledi (@NalediBoksburg) April 1, 2015
One thing is for sure, Randfonteiners are proud of the name of their town and they will fight on social media to be heard.
The herald would like to wish Randfontein a happy April Fool’s Day and a happy Easter weekend.
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