Fri May 24 19:13:22 SAST 2013
Fri May 24 19:13:22 SAST 2013

Cape Town honours Biko

Sep 20, 2012 | Sapa | 36 comments

The first of the apartheid-era street names in Gugulethu, Cape Town, will be renamed Stephen Biko Drive

The late Steve Biko

The Cape Times reported that the township’s main road, NY1 (Native Yard) would be renamed on Monday to mark the launch of a renaming campaign in the area.

Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille (ex PAC) and Western Cape premier Helen Zille would celebrate with the Biko family at Gugulethu square, to honour the struggle icon.

The “Name your Hood” campaign would invite the public to suggest names for 91 streets and eight neighbourhoods.

The voting would be open for two weeks, after which the naming committee would deliberate on the names offered.

According to the report, the city council was expected to vote on the name changes in a year

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Fri May 24 19:13:22 SAST 2013 ::
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Sep 20, 2012

somaartakeit

SAns are firmly looking into the past, cause we our president has become a corruption political battle, we are a country without hope or future with the type of leaders we currently have,
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Sep 20, 2012

LePaula

About bloody time, if it was my will i would name the Airport in Cape Town: Steve Biko International Airport, or even something bigger.

I am a black south african but I really think DA is doing the right thing, regardles of what was said about their philosophy, pity they honour our own people intead of US infact we are shy and scared of honouring likes of Biko and Chris Hani and many other stalwarts, which makes me to think that DA by the way is also a South African political party, and i am also a South African

Well done Zille, you deserve praise
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Sep 20, 2012

CheeseBoy

Street names, memorial Days, T shirts, TV documentaries, Posters, Rememberances

Good but all amount to nothing when our current crop of leaders are a far cry and an insult what was once the Spirit of Steve Biko.

Pretty much like greedy vultures paying homage to a lion.
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Sep 20, 2012

RobinH

CheeseBoy: I agree 100%. This smacks of opportunism. The Metro trying a "hearts and minds" trick on the mob.
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Sep 20, 2012

|Sinudeity|

RobinH - If they changed the streetname to something else, it would have been racist. Changed the streetname to biko, and now they are opportunists.
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Sep 20, 2012

RobinH

Sin. Why change it at all? Waste of money. I maintain that the timing is all too fortuitous to be sqeaky clean. Not only the ANC that has it's share of opportunism, my friend. That, alas, is one of the few equal opportunities areas.
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Sep 20, 2012

AfroRevenge

somaartakeit
SAns are firmly looking into the past, cause we our president has become a corruption political battle, we are a country without hope or future with the type of leaders we currently have,

That is rubish.should we forget about our heroes?
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Sep 20, 2012

Mmueledi

Ok!! I dont support this street name change!!Why do the do the name change in Gugulethu where black people live?? An honourable thing to do is to do this in Cape Town City Center where all nations live/work/tour...Gugulethu is not an honourable place!!!
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Sep 20, 2012

AfroRevenge

|Sinudeity|
RobinH - If they changed the streetname to something else, it would have been racist. Changed the streetname to biko, and now they are opportunists.

Here we go again self pitying piink person.The name is Biko not verwoed get over it.
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Sep 20, 2012

Mashesha99

RobinH
CheeseBoy: I agree 100%. This smacks of opportunism. The Metro trying a "hearts and minds" trick on the mob

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|Sinudeity|
RobinH - If they changed the streetname to something else, it would have been racist. Changed the streetname to biko, and now they are opportunists.

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@ Sinudeity not everything is about race you know??
As for the Western Cape Gov. I know for sure that all it's black supporters do the dirty job in the streets while the whites get all the decent jobs in the office, this right here is OPPORTUNISM!!
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