Wed May 22 05:05:20 SAST 2013

Gugulethu's NY1 renamed Biko Drive

Sep 25, 2012 | Sapa | 12 comments

THE NY1 road in Gugulethu, Cape Town, was officially renamed Steve Biko Drive on Heritage Day

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Wed May 22 05:05:20 SAST 2013 ::
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Sep 25, 2012

Papage

Will that change the lives of Gugulethu Communities or is just a Political statement by DA? I have seen many Towns changing street names, but the lives of those people in those towns never changed, it actualy change from better to worse. Name change is a waste of money, Steve must be turning green in his crave, seing people suffering and yet money been wasted by changing the Street in his remembrance.
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Sep 25, 2012

ZIGGAR

this black people who cant do thier own things, why change name instead of building new road and name them our new name . we cant grow by changing what whites people stated. let build our own town and road and move from there. you cnt even see where are we taking this billions of rand thats the national treasure is giving us. lets wake up blacks
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Sep 25, 2012

Vhamsanda

DA is making inroads while Black leaders are still fighting over tenders and succession battle.
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Sep 25, 2012

ktzo

Welcome DA, you have my support. Let them eat each other this ANC morons.
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Sep 25, 2012

YSJones1

Steve Biko will live with us forever!!! and as for you DA I will call shower head for you! If this is a way of gaining political points then try another one,
Gugulethu residents are still using the bucket system and you're doing absolutely nothing.
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Sep 25, 2012

Lord-Have-Mercy

I heard by a friend who used to stay in Cape town that bucket system still exist in WP.
Is it true?
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Sep 25, 2012

MoNati

@YSJones1

Ag please!!! Here where I l!ve (ANC run Munisipality) and the Towns around us is also using the bucket system. As long as there's shacks there will be a bucket system.
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Sep 25, 2012

Tasto

Overrated occasion there is a Steve Biko Drive already at back of CT-Khaylitsha if you drive from miuzenberg to Stellenbosch along the sea!! Saw it while holidaying in CT!
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Sep 25, 2012

skwamasamabele

(I cant believe how expensive cars are in SA. Porsche Panamera for R975,000???!!!!! Panamera in the UK is R630000)

Zille and De Lille should stop patronising people, a National Road or airport, or the Square in Cape town would have been a fitting tribute. Besides, this road-naming must cost some money so why not try and sort out the shacks situation instead??
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Sep 25, 2012

June16

Stephen Biko's name belongs in the major streets of our cities and landmark buildings.Nelson Mandela boulevard is at the periphery of Cape Town,while the colonialists names are to be found everywhere in the commercial hub of the city.We do know the psychological importance of names and we are going going to reverse all this nonsense of keeping our national heroes names in the townships.
Furthermore,it is Bull dust to tell us how costly it is to rename streets, our heroes paid with their lives,we have to do whatever it takes to honour them.
We know when decisions are made based on subtle racial notions.We shall never be not appeased.
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Sep 26, 2012

Madli47

There was never a bucket system in Gugulethu we always had flush toilets
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Sep 27, 2012

LostGuy

if you win national election u will change it back this time to EUGEN TERERBLANCHE, so will make sure that u dont enough votes .
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