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Victoria Falls to rename 86 roads
27 May 2016 at 09:33hrs | Views
VICTORIA FALLS - Council is planning to rename all its 86 roads to get rid of colonial names.
Town clerk Christopher Dube said a committee has been set up to spearhead the renaming process to be concluded next month.
Two major roads have already been renamed, although the local authority is still waiting for the green light from government before pulling down old sign posts and erecting new ones bearing the names of the country's 1970s liberation war guerilla fighters.
Livingstone Way, which connects the Bulawayo to Victoria Falls road to the border post as well as Park Way, which branches from Livingstone Way in town to the Zambezi National Park, would be renamed Robert Mugabe Way and Joshua Nkomo Way respectively.
"A committee has been assigned to mobilise people to think about other possible names and submit to us," said Dube.
"We are not concentrating on colonial names, but will be renaming every street. Right now we have 86 streets that have no names and we need to be pro-active," he added.
Some of notable names that will be changed are Emadonkini Road in Chinotimba's Railways section, which residents have said is offensive.
Clark, Reynard and Pioneer Roads, named after some of the first settlers in Victoria Falls, are also set to be renamed.
Dube said each name should be accompanied by a brief background of the person so that the council sends the information to a committee of ‘elders' who will sit and decide on the names.
Victoria Falls Combined Residents Association chairperson, Morgan Dube, told a residents' meeting recently that the name suggestions was a matter of urgency.
"We have been directed to work on renaming of streets and let us go and think about names of people who have made an impact in our community, who we can name our streets after. These could be liberation war heroes or individuals such as chiefs whose contribution is tangible," he said.
Town clerk Christopher Dube said a committee has been set up to spearhead the renaming process to be concluded next month.
Two major roads have already been renamed, although the local authority is still waiting for the green light from government before pulling down old sign posts and erecting new ones bearing the names of the country's 1970s liberation war guerilla fighters.
Livingstone Way, which connects the Bulawayo to Victoria Falls road to the border post as well as Park Way, which branches from Livingstone Way in town to the Zambezi National Park, would be renamed Robert Mugabe Way and Joshua Nkomo Way respectively.
"A committee has been assigned to mobilise people to think about other possible names and submit to us," said Dube.
Some of notable names that will be changed are Emadonkini Road in Chinotimba's Railways section, which residents have said is offensive.
Clark, Reynard and Pioneer Roads, named after some of the first settlers in Victoria Falls, are also set to be renamed.
Dube said each name should be accompanied by a brief background of the person so that the council sends the information to a committee of ‘elders' who will sit and decide on the names.
Victoria Falls Combined Residents Association chairperson, Morgan Dube, told a residents' meeting recently that the name suggestions was a matter of urgency.
"We have been directed to work on renaming of streets and let us go and think about names of people who have made an impact in our community, who we can name our streets after. These could be liberation war heroes or individuals such as chiefs whose contribution is tangible," he said.
Source - fingaz
