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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message |
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2025-03-26 11:47:03 +02:00 | Leon | Not fully | Establishment of Provincial Committees | |
2025-03-24 21:38:09 +02:00 | Thinus | No I do not | Name changes in general | Name changes constitute cultural genocide by erasing the historical and ancestral legacies of specific groups, particularly when imposed by external forces that lack foundational ties to the region. This practice severs communities from their spiritual and cultural roots embedded in geographic names, effectively denying them their heritage. For example, replacing Indigenous place names with those reflecting colonial or foreign identities disrupts intergenerational continuity, as seen in Africa where European powers rebranded landmarks to assert dominance. Such acts align with Immanuel Kant’s Perpetual Peace principles, which framed negotiations, emphasizing ethical sovereignty and transparency. Kant’s first principle—“No treaty of peace shall be regarded as valid, if made with the secret reservation of material for a future war”—highlights how renaming strategies often conceal agendas to undermine cultural sovereignty. By imposing foreign toponyms without consent, dominant groups embed symbolic control over land, mirroring covert treaties that perpetuate future conflict. This erasure denies original inhabitants the right to preserve their identity, as seen in Lesotho’s colonial-era name changes that severed ties to Basotho traditions. The second principle—“No state shall be acquired by another through inheritance, exchange, purchase, or donation”—challenges the legitimacy of renaming territories occupied by non-founders. When colonial powers or later settlers rebrand regions, they invalidate Indigenous claims to ancestral lands. Zimbabwe’s post-independence struggles to reverse colonial street names in peripheral areas reflect unresolved tensions over who “owns” history. Similarly, Turkey’s renaming of Imbros to Gökçeada erased Greek heritage, illustrating Kant’s warning against illegitimate territorial control. NAME CHANGES ARE GENOCIDE and is punishable by death (Sec 39 (1)(b and c) the Death Penalty were never repealed but hidden. |
2025-03-24 21:06:26 +02:00 | Lesibana | No I do not | Public consultation process | Public consultation process are not transparent |
2025-03-24 19:11:20 +02:00 | Botha | No I do not | Public consultation process | Obscure process : one never gets contacted for preferences and only becomes aware of a name change over a long period of time has passed. |
2025-03-24 10:05:36 +02:00 | Ingrid | No I do not | Other | I simply cannot reconcile that all these billions of Rands that have been and will be spent cannot be utilised so much better. I cannot fathom that people don't have jobs, have pitiful education, have little hope of proper healthcare and struggle to see where the next meal will come from, but the government still insists on spending billions on these changes. This is not improving the lives of people. First uplift people, reinstate their dignity to fundamentals like food, education, health and housing before running down this road. You can meaningfully impact people's lives and wellbeing which includes social justice, before trying to superficially change history by messing around with renaming. This is so terribly illogical to me. |