Street names finally change
Finally Roodepoort has caught the Flu called name changing. We are sad though that this process has taken so long in our Town. RATHER LATE THAN NEVER. We know that name changing is an emotive subject but honestly speaking it is absolutely necessary. Street Name changing presents us with an opportunity to eliminate symbols of …
Finally Roodepoort has caught the Flu called name changing. We are sad though that this process has taken so long in our Town. RATHER LATE THAN NEVER. We know that name changing is an emotive subject but honestly speaking it is absolutely necessary. Street Name changing presents us with an opportunity to eliminate symbols of the painful past and reflect the the kind of community that we all espouse to live in. Communities United in purpose, fighting the common evils of Poverty, Unemployment, Crime and Illiteracy. Communities that all of us ( both Black and White) can genuinely call home. While accepting that name changing may not be the only way to achieve the above but it is certainly another way of fostering the the Unity that we all are yearning for in this country and in our Lovely Roodepoort, in particular. Costs can no longer be used as a genuine reason to undermine this important symbol of uniting the people who live and share the same space irrespective of colour, creed or religion.
We hope that many more streets can be changed in the spirit of Unity. Thank you to the City of Johannesburg who made this wonderful gesture a reality.
AMANDLA!!
Letter published unedited — Ed.
