Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) has recently embarked upon a programme which will see several areas in the metro being re-named. This petition does not object to the name change in principle but objects to WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE WHICH COULD BE BETTER UTILIZED FOR REDUCTION OF POVERTY AND PROVISION OF SERVICES. We also feel that this is just a “vote seeking” exercise, or to win favour with the voting public of BCM for all the wrong reasons. Among the name change proposals are Southernwood to Tebekana, Amalinda to Malinde, Quigney to Mhlonyane, Gonubie to Qunube, King William’s Town to Qonce, Duncan Village to Ziphunzana, Chalumna to Tyolomnqa, Gulu to Krulu, Beacon Bay to KuNodyilo and Macleantown to Mpongo. We would again like to repeat that we have no objection to name changes but object to wasteful expenditure. A name changing exercise would result in unnecessary expenditure in the following areas:
- Changing of road signage.
- A complete re-design of Municipal stationary.
- Changes likely to the Municipal billing system.
- Changes to Municipal building signage.
- Expenditure on public meetings in the public consultative process.
It is worth noting that the estimate to change the name of the smaller Nelspruit in Mpumalanga was estimated at R350m in 2012! See this article https://www.news24.com/Archives/City-Press/Name-change-to-cost-R350m-20150429
R350m could build up to 3500 RDP houses! (Based on average cost/RDP house in 2015)
For Buffalo City Municipality to embark upon the exercise is irresponsible. Name changing will not help the already desperately poor who need food, housing and education. THE PROCESS IS ALSO FLAWED IN THAT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE HELD AT TIMES WHERE MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE UNABLE TO ATTEND.
Please sign our petition to stop the “name changing” exercise and ask friends, family, work colleagues, whoever you can think of, to do the same.
Updates
February 21, 2018
The Buffalo City Municipality is ignoring our crumbling infrastructure to chase expensive vanity projects. While they plot these pointless name changes, I am hunting down the exact budget breakdowns they are desperate to hide from the public.
February 21, 2018
The massive surge in support proves that we are fed up with the Buffalo City Municipality choosing vanity projects over the basic service delivery we are owed. BCM officials can ignore their own people for only so long before the pressure becomes impossible to shake. This momentum is a direct threat to their wasteful plans.
54 Comments
While I understand the historical significance of the name change, I feel strongly that it is by no means a priority for our municipality, or the rest of our country for that matter. The lives and the livelihood of the people matter the most. Invest in education, health, housing and social issues. Abantu balambile, isizwe sethu siyafa, uphuhliso alukho!
BCM cannot afford to put money into this which could be far better utilized in other areas that will actually improve on the condition of roads, RDP housing, even the upliftment of Garcia Flats or the cleaning of all the litter and vegetation that makes our area look so disgusting and uncared for.
Rather use the money to clean up all the illegal dumpsites - Baden Powell Drive, Buffalo Pass, areas of Quigney and Southernwood, etc... the list goes on and on and grows by the day
It's a waste to change names. Fix all the water leakage and replace the old suburbs water pipes. Upkeeping of the electricity supply to supply ciry and rural areas
Our focus must rather be on replacing tge NU names of Mdantsane and giving street names there and in new areas that are still needing names rather than changing existing names. This will be an expensive process and we already experience massive service delivery challenges due to budget constraints.
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Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) has recently embarked upon a programme which will see several areas in the metro being re-named. This petition does not object to the name change in principle but objects to WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE WHICH COULD BE BETTER UTILIZED FOR REDUCTION OF POVERTY AND PROVISION OF SERVICES. We also feel that this is just a “vote seeking” exercise, or to win favour with the voting public of BCM for all the wrong reasons. Among the name change proposals are Southernwood to Tebekana, Amalinda to Malinde, Quigney to Mhlonyane, Gonubie to Qunube, King William’s Town to Qonce, Duncan Village to Ziphunzana, Chalumna to Tyolomnqa, Gulu to Krulu, Beacon Bay to KuNodyilo and Macleantown to Mpongo. We would again like to repeat that we have no objection to name changes but object to wasteful expenditure. A name changing exercise would result in unnecessary expenditure in the following areas:
- Changing of road signage.
- A complete re-design of Municipal stationary.
- Changes likely to the Municipal billing system.
- Changes to Municipal building signage.
- Expenditure on public meetings in the public consultative process.
It is worth noting that the estimate to change the name of the smaller Nelspruit in Mpumalanga was estimated at R350m in 2012! See this article https://www.news24.com/Archives/City-Press/Name-change-to-cost-R350m-20150429
R350m could build up to 3500 RDP houses! (Based on average cost/RDP house in 2015)
For Buffalo City Municipality to embark upon the exercise is irresponsible. Name changing will not help the already desperately poor who need food, housing and education. THE PROCESS IS ALSO FLAWED IN THAT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE HELD AT TIMES WHERE MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE UNABLE TO ATTEND.
Please sign our petition to stop the “name changing” exercise and ask friends, family, work colleagues, whoever you can think of, to do the same.
Updates
February 21, 2018
The Buffalo City Municipality is ignoring our crumbling infrastructure to chase expensive vanity projects. While they plot these pointless name changes, I am hunting down the exact budget breakdowns they are desperate to hide from the public.
February 21, 2018
The massive surge in support proves that we are fed up with the Buffalo City Municipality choosing vanity projects over the basic service delivery we are owed. BCM officials can ignore their own people for only so long before the pressure becomes impossible to shake. This momentum is a direct threat to their wasteful plans.
54 Comments
Pls!!! No changes those are history names. Would be disrespectful to change history names and things. Keep it for young generations to learn and remember
While I understand the historical significance of the name change, I feel strongly that it is by no means a priority for our municipality, or the rest of our country for that matter. The lives and the livelihood of the people matter the most. Invest in education, health, housing and social issues. Abantu balambile, isizwe sethu siyafa, uphuhliso alukho!
BCM cannot afford to put money into this which could be far better utilized in other areas that will actually improve on the condition of roads, RDP housing, even the upliftment of Garcia Flats or the cleaning of all the litter and vegetation that makes our area look so disgusting and uncared for.
Rather use the money to clean up all the illegal dumpsites - Baden Powell Drive, Buffalo Pass, areas of Quigney and Southernwood, etc... the list goes on and on and grows by the day
It's a waste to change names. Fix all the water leakage and replace the old suburbs water pipes. Upkeeping of the electricity supply to supply ciry and rural areas
Our focus must rather be on replacing tge NU names of Mdantsane and giving street names there and in new areas that are still needing names rather than changing existing names. This will be an expensive process and we already experience massive service delivery challenges due to budget constraints.
No name changes
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Pls!!! No changes those are history names. Would be disrespectful to change history names and things. Keep it for young generations to learn and remember