Name changes 'make us African'

ANC's Ode to Pretoria
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;--
Thou art thyself, though not a Pretorian.
What's Pretoria? It is nor white, nor black,
Nor green, nor yellow, nor any other colour
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Pretoria would, were he not Pretoria call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title:--Pretoria, doff thy name;
And for that name, which is no part of thee,
Take all for myself.
 
Tshwane region ANC secretary Blanco Mabaso warned that opposition parties should "be glad that there still is a neighbourhood with the name Pretoria.

Do not tempt the ANC (or) we will change that as well," he said.
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I now believe we are in an Arseholeocracy as defined by that other ANC stalwart Sipho Tshabalala-Lincoln :- "government of the arseholes, by the arseholes, and for the arseholes."

:eek::eek:
 
What the president is trying to say, is that he is embarrassed to live in a ex-colonial country. So, in changing the names of every "European" city/place, he will create the illusion for himself, that we are now an African country.

But hey, the referendum on name changes ... erm ... no wait, there wasn't one, was there. Oh yeah, governmental mind readers "know" that everyone wants names to change (sometimes multiple times).

Maybe they just want to prevent other countries from invading us, by keeping them from knowing what to target.
 
feo said:
Let them try changing the name of this:

Tweebuffelsmeteenskootamperdoodgeskietsfontein

Yeah it exists. :D
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It does not! it's actually: Tweebuffelsmeteenskootdoodgeskietfontein

We drove through there a few months ago ;)
 
Thank god we have no other problems in SA like poverty, unemployment, housing shortages that we can spend tax money on name changes.

Thabo had no problem living it up in the UK during his exile days, enjoying all those benefits.
 
Yeah! changing Durban to eThekwini (or should I say Bulls Balls) makes us African.

What do U can Bull's balls in Afrikaans btw?
 
Nod said:
What the president is trying to say, is that he is embarrassed to live in a ex-colonial country. So, in changing the names of every "European" city/place, he will create the illusion for himself, that we are now an African country.

But hey, the referendum on name changes ... erm ... no wait, there wasn't one, was there. Oh yeah, governmental mind readers "know" that everyone wants names to change (sometimes multiple times).

Maybe they just want to prevent other countries from invading us, by keeping them from knowing what to target.
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No need. The government tells the people what to think.
 
Tshwane region ANC secretary Blanco Mabaso warned that opposition parties should "be glad that there still is a neighbourhood with the name Pretoria.
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Blanco Mabaso should "be glad" I don't have access to a sniper rifle
 
BobbyMac said:
It does not! it's actually: Tweebuffelsmeteenskootdoodgeskietfontein

We drove through there a few months ago ;)
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I thought it was Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein

My favourite place is stil Daggafontein - that's friendly to everyone, no?
 
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