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    Cacadu to be renamed

    Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailJuly 29, 2012No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The renaming of Cacadu Municipality to Sarah Baartman has nothing to do with trying to win coloured votes, says the ANC.

    By the beginning of 2013, Cacadu will be renamed Sarah Baartman, according to the district municipality's manager Ted Pillay. The ANC say they have already symbolically renamed the region.

    The renaming of Cacadu Municipality to Sarah Baartman has nothing to do with trying to win coloured votes, says the ANC.

    By the beginning of 2013, Cacadu will be renamed Sarah Baartman, according to the district municipality's manager Ted Pillay. The ANC say they have already symbolically renamed the region.

    In a telephone interview on 25 July 2012, Pillay said the renaming is now in the hands of the municipality's legal team, which will take it through the procedures of changing the name of a place.

    The Cacadu council resolved on the name-change at the end of May 2012.

    Pillay stressed that this process would take time as the council will have to review with the Khoi-San people as to whether they approve on the name change. In addition the council will consult with the provincial government. He further said that the completion of this process will take a minimum of six months.

    Lungile Mxube, the Regional deputy chairperson of the ANC, stressed that the party expected the process to be completed by October 2012. He rejected the suggestion that the re-naming was a political move to gain coloured votes but is rather an attempt to recognise the role that was played by the Khoi-San people within the Eastern Cape region.

    Mxube further stated that the ANC believes Grahamstown should also endure a name change. The reasoning behind this includes its colonial heritage acting as a symbol of oppression.

     

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