Tshwane - Pretoria

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I was watching the weather on the news last night and saw they still have PTA for Pretoria, on E and SABC 3. The name has changed right?
 
Paolo Jordan and his cranium should be thrown out! The last I heard the name change is not official! I might be wrong - but I understand that there is some or ohter commitee that sits in Parliment that has not yet approved the name change! SABC - Goverment OWNED - still perpetuates the name on their programs, because the ANC will have them by the balls if they don't do what they say! I never watch SABC News- E.tv I trust for facts!
 
The city is still Pretoria. The Metropole is is Tshwane. Similar to how Durban city is still Durban, but the metropole is now Nelson Mandela Bay (or some such)
 
So the abr on the weather should be changed right?
 
I dont think Ill ever call it Tshwane. And I dont have to because like the guys say, the city is still PTA.
 
feo said:
I dont think Ill ever call it Tshwane. And I dont have to because like the guys say, the city is still PTA.
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If I ever meet you I will correct you!:)
 
JK8 said:
If I ever meet you I will correct you!:)
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And how exactly will you do that when you're wrong, hmmm?

So the abr[eviation] on the weather should be changed right?
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No, the city is still called Pretoria. The weather map shows cities on it, not the name of metropols.

Side note : it's "abbr." not "abr".
 
Xarog said:
And how exactly will you do that when you're wrong, hmmm?


No, the city is still called Pretoria. The weather map shows cities on it, not the name of metropols.

Side note : it's "abbr." not "abr".
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So the the weather is correct.

WHy would I be wrong? If I say where do you stay and you say Pretoria, I say where you say Menlyn, is Menlyn in Pretoria or Tshwane?
 
JK8 said:

So the the weather is correct.

WHy would I be wrong? If I say where do you stay and you say Pretoria, I say where you say Menlyn, is Menlyn in Pretoria or Tshwane?
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same can be said about Durban.. do you say you live in Durban or Ekhuruleni (sp?) metro ?
 
Metropole = Whites pay tax, locations demands and destroy or trash.

Thats what the majority wants.
 
You guys are hopeless;
Nelson Mandela Bay - PE
Ethekwini - Durban
Ekurhuleni - East Rand
Tshwane - PTA
memorise this now you don't want to take the wrong bus and end up in another province
 
Change of name

On 26 May 2005 the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC), which is linked to the Directorate of Heritage in the Department of Arts and Culture, approved changing the name of Pretoria to Tshwane, which is already the name of the Metropolitan Municipality [2] in which Pretoria, and a number of surrounding towns are located. Although the name change has been approved by the SAGNC, it has not yet been approved by the Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, as of 31 May 2006. The matter is currently under consideration while he has requested further research on the matter. Should the Minister approve the name change, the name will be published in the Government Gazette, giving the public opportunity to comment on the matter. The Minister can then refer the public response back to the SAGNC, before presenting his recommendation before parliament, who will vote on the change. Various public interest groups have warned that the name change will be challenged in court, should the minister approve the renaming. The long process involved made it unlikely the name would change in 2006, if ever, even assuming the Minister had approved the change early in the year 2006.
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Wiki may not be up to date. I know the SABC regularly gets complaints because it uses Tshwane for the whole area in it's bulletins.
 
JK8 said:

So the the weather is correct.

WHy would I be wrong? If I say where do you stay and you say Pretoria, I say where you say Menlyn, is Menlyn in Pretoria or Tshwane?
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Menlyn is in Tshwane, it is not part of Pretoria, no matter how you look at it, Pretoria is only the a part of the city center, that is how it was since Pretorius forced his name on the area.
 
xtermin8or said:
Menlyn is in Tshwane, it is not part of Pretoria, no matter how you look at it, Pretoria is only the a part of the city center, that is how it was since Pretorius forced his name on the area.
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*forced* what a joke. I suppose it had another name in the 1800's then, but a pity nobody knows what it was.

The metropolitan would be areas that was not called Pretoria before a stupid name like Tswane (Die Stad van die Ape) was ever thought out.
 
xtermin8or said:
Menlyn is in Tshwane, it is not part of Pretoria, no matter how you look at it, Pretoria is only the a part of the city center, that is how it was since Pretorius forced his name on the area.
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Really??

http://www.tshwane.gov.za/residents.cfm

Wow, if you can be wrong about that, think of all the other things you can be wrong on too...

MENLYN IS IN PRETORIA WHICH IS A AREA IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF TSHWANE.

That is how it is ATM. And I think if there was to be a referendum, that is how it would stay.

AFAIK, I have still not seen any concrete evidence that this Tshwane bloke ever existed.
 
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