There is no agreement to change Pretoria street names, says AfriForum

The statement of the Executive Mayor of the Tshwane Metropolitan Council, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, that consensus had been reached about the changing of 27 street names in Pretoria after discussions with, amongst others, AfriForum, is a blatant lie. Ramokgopa's statement appears in an article published in the daily, Beeld, today.

According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, the ANC's proposed list of 27 street names that will be changed, had never been mentioned at any of the discussions that AfriForum had with the Mayor.

Kriel emphasised that AfriForum's standpoint has always been and will remain that names of particular cultural historical significance should not be altered.

Kriel also underlined that AfriForum will not allow itself to be deceived into accepting the changing of street names of particular cultural historical significance in response to vague undertakings that the name of Pretoria might perhaps be saved in the process. "If the Metro Council were to approve the changing of the 27 street names in question, AfriForum is ready to oppose the process in any way possible," Kriel added.

Statement issued by Kallie Kriel, CEO: AfriForum, March 28 2012

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