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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 NAME CHANGES ARE GENOCIDE and is punishable by death (Sec 39 (1)(b and c) the Death Penalty were never repealed but hidden.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. |
2025-03-23 17:17:39 +02:00 | Coetzee | Not fully | Public consultation process | |
2025-03-23 07:34:46 +02:00 | Dawn | No I do not | Other | If the government and the various area representatives would spend as much time, money and effort into real value adding activities such as employment creation, power and water generation, cleaning litter, ensuring traffic lights worked, addressing crime and illegal occupations - out country would be FAR better off than name changes! Name changes don’t reduce crime, keep us safe or give lights and water! Spend money on things that add value and change names when your people are not afraid to go out at night and have something to eat! |
2025-03-23 06:10:18 +02:00 | Anne | No I do not | Name changes in general | |
2025-03-23 06:10:17 +02:00 | Anne | No I do not | Name changes in general | |
2025-03-23 00:53:42 +02:00 | Annemarie | No I do not | Name changes in general | It costs thousands and if done by cadres' families it's millions. Why change a name from one person's name to another? Just as racist as this country always was. Why change a name that has got nothing to do with politics to a political figure's name? All these names will be black names... Racists again. You call yourself democratic but you do not live democracy. Set the example government. |
2025-03-22 07:24:34 +02:00 | Marion | No I do not | Public consultation process | In general, names were selected by inhabitants of the area with good cause and due deliberation. These old and established names are documented on maps and Title Deeds throughout SA. Now, radicals want to change the names for new names, often for no real reason other than political gain. The costs to the fiscus is both unnecessary and unwarrented. |
2025-03-22 07:24:33 +02:00 | Marion | No I do not | Public consultation process | In general, names were selected by inhabitants of the area with good cause and due deliberation. These old and established names are documented on maps and Title Deeds throughout SA. Now, radicals want to change the names for new names, often for no real reason other than political gain. The costs to the fiscus is both unnecessary and unwarrented. |
2025-03-21 17:53:16 +02:00 | Viv | No I do not | Name changes in general | I understand the desire to change the names of cities / provinces/ roads, but this results in monies being spent which we can ill- afford. |
2025-03-21 09:31:42 +02:00 | J | No I do not | Name changes in general | Biggest waste of a very few tax payers hard earned money. South Africa is already over taxed due to years of state capture and corruption |
2025-03-21 07:22:58 +02:00 | jack | No I do not | Name changes in general | |
2025-03-20 20:20:20 +02:00 | CASSIUS | Yes I do | Public consultation process | |
2025-03-20 16:20:52 +02:00 | Herman | No I do not | Name changes in general | |
2025-03-20 13:05:29 +02:00 | Maruska | No I do not | Name changes in general | STOP WASTING OUR TAX MONEY on unnecessary changes when the is so much infostructure that needs to be fixed and could give people work . |
2025-03-20 10:28:24 +02:00 | Jenny | No I do not | Name changes in general | History cannot be erased, it’s the truth of a birth of a country. Stop wasting money on forming committees to rehash history & try to erase this country’s history!! |
2025-03-20 08:45:34 +02:00 | Kerry | No I do not | Name changes in general | |
2025-03-19 22:46:33 +02:00 | M | No I do not | Name changes in general | The names of geographical areas hold a lot of history for all South Africans and we do not want new names. The new names do not hold meaning for any of us and therefore, we do not welcome them. |
2025-03-19 20:30:53 +02:00 | Michelle | No I do not | Name changes in general | Stop wasting money on name changes & create jobs. |
2025-03-19 16:46:08 +02:00 | David | No I do not | Name changes in general | |
2025-03-19 10:44:28 +02:00 | Karen | No I do not | Name changes in general | I've grown up with the present names. It's recognizable . I'd get lost with name changes. I don't recognize some places with changed names. Also sentimental. |
2025-03-19 09:12:54 +02:00 | Bruce | No I do not | Name changes in general | waste of money and resources, these are being rolled out for neutral names too. |
2025-03-18 20:08:19 +02:00 | Walt | Not fully | Name changes in general | What are the end results of changing a name of a place? A better economy? Better service deliver? An improvement of the area that it affects? I can say for sure, none of the above. Instead of sitting in traffic and weaving through potholes in street "A", now we're sitting in traffic and weaving through potholes in street "B, formerly known as A". The townships nearby get no more attention given to their needs, nothing is done except line some tenderpreneurs' pockets. What does this seek to improve upon? What are the actual reasons why the name needs to be changed, and not a new structure/city/road be built with that new name? Letting go and breaking free from the past and building from the ground up a legacy that will stand. Why not that? Which will create tons of jobs, especially if given to new, up-and-coming businesses, and not well established ones. |
2025-03-18 20:02:31 +02:00 | George | No I do not | Name changes in general | |
2025-03-18 17:29:21 +02:00 | Ferdinand Nieuwoudt | No I do not | Public consultation process | |
2025-03-18 14:06:16 +02:00 | Elma | No I do not | Name changes in general | Names depict history, and history tells a story, good or bad. You can't change it. Don't use our tax money for this unnecessary business! We are not interested in seeing new names, but in seeing less corruption, fewer politicians, and a safer country. |
2025-03-18 07:24:36 +02:00 | Anke | No I do not | Name changes in general |