Pretoria, South Africa is considering a name change to Tshwane. The name Pretoria is in honor of a white victor in an battle against blacks while Tshwane means "we are the same" or "we are one because we live together."
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If it was not for European settlers the 2010 soccer world cup and Pretoria never would have existed for black Africans!
Tshwane use to be the name of a part of Shosanguve in the North-West Province.
The new government wants to change names of big cities because it is too corrupt and powerless to build new cities.
Pretoria is a powerful synonomous name in South Africa. Tshwane does not have the same strength in the name; instead it is a weaker name. I recently learned that Tshwane was a term used for the area of Pretoria and its surrounding suburbs, way back before the arrival of the Voortekkers. It has already been enforced as that, so let it be. The city of Pretoria is something else, lets leave it at that.
The question is why the government wants to waste millions of Rand for a name change, when there are more pending issues, such as housing, health and education.
The name Pretoria is part of our cultural heritage, which at this rate is in danger of being eradicated.
Are further name changes going to ensue.. eg. Durban – eThekwini, Bloemfontein – Maung and so forth. I mean please be realistic now. What is actually the real reason for the sudden need to change the name of places??
!!!!!!!PRETORIA BLY PRETORIA!!!!!!!!!
PRETORIA, a place of passbooks,midnight raids by police,and bloody confrantation whenever african people demanded rights equal to those enjoyed by its ruling european population manority.
“PRETORIA is now in another country”.
renaming cities,towns and countries has been a common way for african liberation movements,such as the one that overturned the racial segregation policy known as apartheid here 1994.to make a symbolic break from the past. that is why we changed LEOLDVILLE to KINSHASA,SALISBURY to HARARE,NEW AMSTERDAM to NEW YORK CITY,RHODESIA to ZIMBABWE,even TSVANGIRAI has never complain about this changes… colonial names will swiftly and mercilessly removed without ceremony at any cost, 5million rand or 1cent.
wake up people. people are staving and roofless and now they are wanting to change names again to the cost of billions just to make ‘everyone feel better and bring justice to the African people’.dammit man, what about the Afrikaans people’s pride and heritage? doesn’t that matter at all? do we get to keep nothing? must our children pay now?they are going to open a big can of worms here..one they preferably want to keep closed…
Apartheid is a thing of the past!! Instead of focusing on the past and wanting to change everything related to a boer, rather think about moving forward in unity as a proud country!! Changing the name of pretoria certainly will not change the past!!! Give the money to people in need!!!!!!!
The ANC claims it’s renaming has nothing to do with ‘Africanising’ or destroying white South African history. If so then why was EVERY town with an Afrikaans name in the Limpopo changed (Pietersburg/Polokwane, Potgietersrus/Mokopane, Nylstroom/Modimolle, Naboomspruit/Mookgophong, Warmbad/Bela-Bela, Duiwelskloof/Modjadiskloof, Ellisras/Lephahale, Soekmekaar/Morebeng) but the ‘African’ names such as Tzaneen/Phalaborwa/Thabazimbi remain? This is destrution! They also claim that they are ‘riding offensive names’, WELL THEN WHY THE HELL HASN’T SHARPEVILLE/KAFFIRSKRAAL been renamed or ‘kill the boer’ banned????????????????