A battle for change; So what's all the fuss about a name? Is the racist pot still boiling strong in Potchefstroom or is it merely a storm in a teacup? Beauregard Tromp reports.(News)

The Star (South Africa) | July 9, 2007 | Copyright

In a town where the roots of the SACP runs deep it is perhaps fitting that a white Afrikaner describes himself as a "political commissar" and his counterpart refers to himself as a disciple of yesteryear's communist leaders.

A battle for change with a simmering race war boiling under the surface is emerging in Potchefstroom in a case that will have larger implications for South Africa.

Less than 120km from Johannesburg, Potchefstroom has been in the headlines of late after new street names, honouring liberation fighters Oliver Tambo, Govan Mbeki, Peter ...

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