The unveiling of the Steve Biko drive Bandile Biko, Helen Zele, Belinda Brett.source |
I think that there is no need for streets to be renamed. The government is wasting money on renaming the streets. Who cares what the name of the streets is, as long as there is a name on the street, then there is no problem.
The Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille unveiled the new name of NY1 road in Gugulethu on the 24th of September, which was renamed the Steve Biko Drive. "This was because it replaced terms from the past, associated with inferiority, with names associated with power. “In the old road name, the NY refers to 'native yard'. "What was
unique in South Africa and the Black Consciousness movement was the mobilisation around asserting in the face of history for freedom. “This involved breaking down the "'mental prison" built through semantic means to emancipate the minds of black South Africans, said De Lille. I am against the renaming of the street; because if we are going to change everything from the past; I believe that we will not have history to tell about our past, people should know what is the NY , why the street was named NY, and where the NY street is.
unique in South Africa and the Black Consciousness movement was the mobilisation around asserting in the face of history for freedom. “This involved breaking down the "'mental prison" built through semantic means to emancipate the minds of black South Africans, said De Lille. I am against the renaming of the street; because if we are going to change everything from the past; I believe that we will not have history to tell about our past, people should know what is the NY , why the street was named NY, and where the NY street is.
Gugulethu is known for always striking for poor service delivery, therefore I think that, the money that was spent on the renaming of that street could have been spent on the things that the community needs the most. I am not against the fact that they are honouring our past heroes but I feel that we have done enough to honor them. The is a lot of people who were also put of the struggle but they are not being honoured i think that they are the ones who deserves to be honoured. What is your say on this?