Pretorius street to be renamed Fidel Castro road

[DigitalSoldier]

According to an article on news24, Pretorius street in Pretoria will be renamed to Castro road.


Story on main page, sorry can't paste link posting this using opera mini.

[fskmh]

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2412902,00.html

Quick excerpt:


Pretoria - Pretorius Street, one of the main roads cutting through Pretoria, should be renamed after former Cuban president Fidel Castro, the SA Communist Party said on Monday.

Speaking at a public hearing at Pretoria's City Hall, SACP member Joan Muller said Schoeman Street should also be renamed after Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

"We must not forget our Cuban allies," she told a small gathering of people who arrived at the hearing on the changing of 27 street names in the city.


Just for interest's sake:
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-20-will-pretoria-have-a-fidel-castro-street

Enjoyed the 2nd comment :D.

[Frankie]

What a thick bunch of @holes - any terrorist, dictator, ..... name will do.

I wonder how many currently disadvantaged people could be helped with all that money it costs to change these names - if only the disadvantaged masses could see through this farce and vote accordingly.

[phenom]

omf

[VJB 449]

Eish african mentality FTW!

[rph72]

Bloody morons ffs:mad:

[DagegeN]

What a thick bunch of @holes - any terrorist, dictator, ..... name will do.

I wonder how many currently disadvantaged people could be helped with all that money it costs to change these names - if only the disadvantaged masses could see through this farce and vote accordingly.

I have to agree.... yet another 100 odd people are kept uneducated "AKA brain washable"

Or is it yet another election stunt .... anyways now we can clearly see what it takes to buy a vote and keep to the majority content :eek: almost like selling your soul for a bowl of lentils :sick:

[DagegeN]

Eish african mentality FTW!


Yup makes me think why they haven't yet renamed our country ?

[Pitbull]

Fidel Castro ?

**** THIS **** ! I'm not going to sit back and watch no more /making a massive bomb

[Bismuth]

Castro Road? :mad:

WTF are these people smoking? Cuban cigars laced with dagga?

But, that is the trend on this continent, so I don't see why it would be any different in South Africa.

B

[DagegeN]

Fidel Castro ?


Blah as usual the ****ers can't spell. I am sure it was supposed to be "Castrol Road" :D

P.S. After thought. What party trick will they show the goons "majority" when there no more names that can be changed?

[saffakanera]

When the name changing finally sets in motion I want my street address to change to Super Mario lane please. Thanks.

[Pitbull]

I would have been ok if the changed it to infidel street :rolleyes:

[Garyvdh]

um ok... excuse me... but WTH does he have to do with South Africa?

[BigAl-sa]

um ok... excuse me... but WTH does he have to do with South Africa?
He sent doctors to replace our okes who ran away??

[PeterCH]

Viva Fidel Viva! Viva ANC Viva! Viva SACP Viva! Long live the Workers! Viva, viva Viva!

Its coming guys, the Red South Africa. Africa will do it where Europeans failed. We'll make communism succeed! Viva! Viva Comrades!

[Alan]

'pregressive' road names for our 'enlightened' nation :cool:

IIRC there's a road named after great comrade Castro in Durban as well

Don't worry though the poor Americans could well be in the same boat as us soon

[Flanders]

Wow, I'm sure every ex-SADF must be loving this. :rolleyes: Much to the delight of the ANC no doubt.

I think when it comes to pass someone must add this to the road signs: FIDEL CASTRO's forces got gang banged when they tried to invade this continent

[Fuma]

Pretoria - Pretorius Street, one of the main roads cutting through Pretoria, should be renamed after former Cuban president Fidel Castro, the SA Communist Party said on Monday.

Speaking at a public hearing at Pretoria's City Hall, SACP member Joan Muller said Schoeman Street should also be renamed after Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

"We must not forget our Cuban allies," she told a small gathering of people who arrived at the hearing on the changing of 27 street names in the city.


This Joan Muller woman is a caretaker where I stay. I must say she so SACP you won't believe. She smokes Cuban stuff as well.

[TheHiveMind]

Yes we are great friends with Cuba. Together we hold the top spots to crime levels of all types of crimes in the world.
Is that what they are aspiring to?

[Garyvdh]

Wait, so this is just a proposal?

Why does this thread make it sound like it is TO BE renamed...

Can we have some accurate quoting here guys?

[Nod]

Wait, so this is just a proposal?

Might just be a proposal, but knowing the ANC, they will change the name. They are only "consulting" on what it is going to be.

[Turtle]

I wonder how many currently disadvantaged people could be helped with all that money it costs to change these names

Using money for progress is in effect against the principles of communists. It's a race to the bottom to make everyone equally poor. That way nobody can ever offend or "oppress" anybody else, you see, by having more money.

[Turtle]

Might just be a proposal, but knowing the ANC, they will change the name. They are only "consulting" on what it is going to be.

This was just a statement, and by the SACP not the ANC. Not worth taking seriously, as the SACP aren't very powerful in SA, and the ANC already has a more concrete plan to rename all the major streets in Pretoria to other names.

[Eniigma]

'pregressive' road names for our 'enlightened' nation :cool:

IIRC there's a road named after great comrade Castro in Durban as well



You are correct Colin, er Alan, Moore Road in Durban has already been renamed to Fidel Castro Road.

But I would not worry about it too much, they are spending too much money renaming the roads that they have no money to maintain or repair them so the roads will all be unusable by 2010 anyway.

[joelus]

um ok... excuse me... but WTH does he have to do with South Africa?

Maybe it has something to do with this :confused::

From http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB67/


Conflicting Missions provides the first comprehensive history of the Cuba's role in Africa and settles a longstanding controversy over why and when Fidel Castro decided to intervene in Angola in 1975. The book definitively resolves two central questions regarding Cuba's policy motivations and its relationship to the Soviet Union when Castro astounded and outraged Washington by sending thousands of soldiers into the Angolan civil conflict. Based on Cuban, U.S. and South African documents and interviews, the book concludes that:

# Castro decided to send troops to Angola on November 4, 1975, in response to the South African invasion of that country, rather than vice versa as the Ford administration persistently claimed;

# The United States knew about South Africa's covert invasion plans, and collaborated militarily with its troops, contrary to what Secretary of State Henry Kissinger testified before Congress and wrote in his memoirs.

# Cuba made the decision to send troops without informing the Soviet Union and deployed them, contrary to what has been widely alleged, without any Soviet assistance for the first two months.

[fskmh]

This Joan Muller woman is a caretaker where I stay. I must say she so SACP you won't believe. She smokes Cuban stuff as well.

You sure it wasn't Dbn stuff? :p:D

[adrianx]

I used to get upset about this issue, but not any more. My mind set has changed. When I drive past a dirty, dilapidated, useless and crumbling state hospital and I see that it has been named after a "hero", I can't help but smile. Same goes for certain airports.

[Kokop]

I used to run an office on Pretorius St.

Can you imagine handing over a business card to a potential international dealer with your business address as Fidel Castro St?

Strange...

[PeterCH]

Ok but when are they renaming Pretoria to Leningrad?

[PeterCH]

I used to run an office on Pretorius St.

Can you imagine handing over a business card to a potential international dealer with your business address as Fidel Castro St?

Strange...

Actually the West except for USA has been doing official business with Havana for decades. Its no biggie.

[PostmanPot]

Misleading thread title? Huge difference between "to be" and "should be". :confused:

[RazedInBlack]

I used to get upset about this issue, but not any more. My mind set has changed. When I drive past a dirty, dilapidated, useless and crumbling state hospital and I see that it has been named after a "hero", I can't help but smile. Same goes for certain airports.

Hmmm! Never thought of it that way. Interesting. My mind set is slowly changing. Heheheheeee!

[DigitalSoldier]

Misleading thread title? Huge difference between "to be" and "should be". :confused:


If you look at past proposals to rename for example an airport or abolish a certain crime fighting unit, what is the chance of this only staying a proposal ?


A PROPOSAL has been made to rename Johannesburg International Airport in honour of ANC stalwart Oliver Tambo. The public is urged to comment.

http://joburgnews.co.za/2005/dec/dec5_airport.stm

[grayston]

Ok but when are they renaming Pretoria to Leningrad?

Speaking of which, does anyone know the origin of this quote?

"The Starling problem in Red Square has been solved. They are now known as 'Lenings'."

[PostmanPot]

If you look at past proposals to rename for example an airport or abolish a certain crime fighting unit, what is the chance of this only staying a proposal ?



http://joburgnews.co.za/2005/dec/dec5_airport.stm

Neither of us know... :rolleyes:

[ToxicBunny]

Not to wonder about this really random starting post but,

Logically WHY do you think naming a street in a Democratic country after a Communist dictator is an awesome change?

[PostmanPot]

Not to wonder about this really random starting post but,

Logically WHY do you think naming a street in a Democratic country after a Communist dictator is an awesome change?

Makes no sense.

You'll have to ask the SACP, who proposed the name change.

[adrianx]

I'm so sick of people that *blindly* support everything that is anti-western. Why don't you then stop using/enjoying everything that comes from the west? And I mean everything!

PS. Did you know that personal computers were banned in Cuba until about 5 months ago???? Would you like to live like that? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7381646.stm
Normal citizens are not allowed to stay in hotels in their own country? Oh, but it's OK, because they are anti-western....

Stupid idiots (people that support Castro), that's all I can say.

[dlk001]

Misleading thread title? Huge difference between "to be" and "should be". :confused:

The thread title seems to work very well.

[PPC_SouthAfrica]

um ok... excuse me... but WTH does he have to do with South Africa?

I have to agree with this comment, what did he do for SA

[PeterCH]

Why do we have Street Named after Racists? Change the Names I say , and Fidel Castro is an awesome name change.

You do know that Fidel is a Communist and that means an atheist and
Muslim countries which became communist forcefully did away with Islam?
Pls do some research before you open your mouth and embarass yourself,
under Shariah law advocating calling an anti-Muslim a hero should get you
into some deep trouble .

[Alan]

I'm so sick of people that *blindly* support everything that is anti-western. Why don't you then stop using/enjoying everything that comes from the west? And I mean everything!

PS. Did you know that personal computers were banned in Cuba until about 5 months ago???? Would you like to live like that? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7381646.stm
Normal citizens are not allowed to stay in hotels in their own country? Oh, but it's OK, because they are anti-western....

Stupid idiots (people that support Castro), that's all I can say.

IIRC Cell phones were band as well :o

[PeterCH]

IIRC Cell phones were band as well :o

Surely you mean Tri-band? or did they just use one GSM frequency? :)