Mthethwa turns a blind eye to name-change objections

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality said it is concerned that minister of sports, arts and culture Nathi Mthethwa rejected all objections to the gazetted name changes in the Eastern Cape.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality said it is concerned thatobjections to the gazetted name changes in the Eastern Cape.for the executive mayor of the Nelson Mandela metro Leander Kruger said they were concerned that the 65,000 objections to the name changes were disregarded by Mthethwa. “The minister has missed an opportunity to correct this grave violation of participatory democracy.

Kruger said name changing should unify the residents of the municipality. “Let me firstly make it clear, we are not opposed to name changes. However, name changes should unify us, be easily remembered and recognisable, have a significant historical link, promote the economy and be correctly used in the context of the language it is written in. These changes do none of this,” said Kruger.

 

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