A stranger in Windhoek

From: New African | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

"There are probably only a handful of places in South Africa named after a white person who wasn't a land-grabbing murderer. Does anyone seriously expect black South Africans that they should reconcile themselves to the honour bestowed on these hoodlums?" - Peter Bruce, editor of the Johannesburg-based Business Day, writing on the need to replace street and place names in South Africa (and by extension in Africa as a whole).

Please come with me to Namibia. Who was he who said: "Always something new out of Africa?" If you don't believe it, you come with me to Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. ...

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