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13 April 2005
The cost of R1.5 billion to rename Pretoria Tshwane could be ploughed into job creation say Abacus COSATU should aim a serious broadside at the powers that be in the Pretoria City Council who are strongly contemplating spending an estimated R1.5 billion to rename the city Tshwane, because this huge amount of money could go a long way towards creating jobs in a country that is facing massive unemployment - unemployment that is allegedly so bad that the trade union wants government to declare a national emergency. This is according Org Geldenhuys, a director of Pretoria-based recruitment company, Abacus Recruitment. “It appears the name change is going to go ahead and the reported cost, according to a press article in Pretoria News, could be as high as R1.5 billion. If one, for a moment, puts politics aside Continuing Geldenhuys said it would be a “little bit more understandable” if the name Pretoria was “a really insensitive or hurtful name”. “If it had real racial overtones, or if it daily reminded us all of the inequalities and suffering of the past, then it could – just maybe – be tolerated if s “If R1.billion were to be made available to improve the lives of many people in the capital city, can you imagine how many people would not have to turn to crime to make a living. Besides creating jobs our crime levels would also arguably come down. The whole greater Pretoria area could benefit. |