Hoërskool DF Malan plans name change to be more inclusive

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

My kids were going to go there in a few years....thank fuk we're leaving next year.

My one was going to go there last year as it's the closest school to both mine and the wife's offices.

To be honest I didn't even know who the **** DF Malan was!

What changed our minds was the fact that they're an Afrikaans only school and I suspect that is going to change soon as well.

 

[Mista_Mobsta]

I say it's a simple solution - if you build it, you get to name it.

 

[rambo919]

Where is your evidence that Paton and Suzmann were communists?

They had places named after them when a left leaning socialist regime took over from a right leaning socialist rigeme..... what did they have in common with Slovo?

 

[TheChamp]

I say it's a simple solution - if you build it, you get to name it.

We all know that DF Malan never built that school, we just have to find the descendants of those who did and give them the honour.

 

[HunterNW]

We all know that DF Malan never built that school, we just have to find te descendants of those who did and give them the honour.

Not what he said. If you build it..... You get to name it. Not named after you.

 

[TheChamp]

Not what he said. If you build it..... You get to name it. Not named after you.

Yeah, It still doesn't make a difference, those who built it are probably long dead, the honour should go to their descendants, I promise I will accept if the name it DF Malan.

 

[HunterNW]

Yeah, It still doesn't make a difference, those who built it are probably long dead, the honour should go to their descendants, I promise I will accept if the name it DF Malan.

Fokkit. Who made and named you ? Can i now because i don't like it change your name to my liking ?

 

[SoldierMan]

As long as it's a neutral name and not Hoerskool African National Congress.

 

[TheChamp]

Fokkit. Who made and named you ? Can i now because i don't like it change your name to my liking ?

I would never allow you to do such a thing.

 

[TheChamp]

As long as it's a neutral name and not Hoerskool African National Congress.

DF Malan Drive is now Es'kia Mphahlele Drive, not a bad idea to continue in the same spirit.

 

[Fulcrum29]

My one was going to go there last year as it's the closest school to both mine and the wife's offices.

To be honest I didn't even know who the **** DF Malan was!

What changed our minds was the fact that they're an Afrikaans only school and I suspect that is going to change soon as well.

It is a top government school, not an 'elitist'-class school like Bishop, SACS, etc. or have the honours bestowed on them like some gymnasiums, but are consistently good at education, sports, etc. Sending your kid to the school, and your kid is willing to be educated, you know that your kid will be properly educated.

I hold Parel Vallei in the same view.

To quote the article,

"The school community has indicated that they would like… to work on symbols that better represent what we stand for in ways that can inspire our community and with which they can better identify. We are therefore now ready to change the name of the school in a way that better symbolises the identity and history of the school," Roux said.

The school stated that it is their community who wants the change, whatever the changes will entail it will better symbolise the school's identity and history, but it seems more to me that they want to change the identity by removing the history.

I do believe that it will be more than a name change.

 

[RaptorSA]

Hunter Gatherer Level 4

Kuk snaaks!

So from SG and HG, standard and higher grade in the old days to Standard-Gatherer and Hunter-Gatherer.

 

[yebocan]

just call the it Hoërskool OBAHT ...

 

[Kornhub]

lol If I must be honest I can't remember if he was bad or good .

 

[Fulcrum29]

They should rename it to Boston High and call it a day.

 

[blah99]

I am all for changing the school name. It should have been done years ago. Apartheid leaders have no place in our democracy.

As long as they keep the name Afrikaans as it is an Afrikaans medium school (for now).

 

[Fulcrum29]

I am all for changing the school name. It should have been done years ago. Apartheid leaders have no place in our democracy.

As long as they keep the name Afrikaans as it is an Afrikaans medium school (for now).

Nah, they are going to change the school's identity. I can see them change the whole shebang. The school is going to adapt a dual-medium (which is good), but aligned with the new curriculum. Being said in pure speculation, but I am sure that there was more to their consultation process than a mere name change.

The Alumni may disagree, but the public will appreciate.

 

[blah99]

Nah, they are going to change the school's identity. I can see them change the whole shebang. The school is going to adapt a dual-medium (which is good), but aligned with the new curriculum. Being said in pure speculation, but I am sure that there was more to their consultation process than a mere name change.

The Alumni may disagree, but the public will appreciate.

I doubt they will change it to dual medium. This school apparently has over 1000 learners. That's enough to keep it an Afrikaans school. Usually when the learners dip below 600 is when the school need to change to dual medium.

 

[Fulcrum29]

This is how it started, a DF Malan Must Fall protest started on Instagram,

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[ponder]

We all know that DF Malan never built that school, we just have to find the descendants of those who did and give them the honour.

Like Dewaal Drive?