Hi, in a fast-moving world DX-ers will slowly have to adopt to these totally new names. All credits to Time World Watch Newsletter for this information.
We had the fall of communism, then several changes in India and now these. Perhaps lucky for us, the shortwave and mediumwave bands are not really crammed by local stations in the Republic if South Africa. But a change it surely is. From: "Time Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 7:16 PM Subject: TIME World Watch Newsletter, September 1, 2003 > September 1, 2003 > > ================================================================= > > > T I M E M A G A Z I N E > www.timeeurope.com | www.timeasia.com | www.time.com > > SOUTH AFRICA: All Change, Please > One of the first things most African nations did at independence > was to change their colonial-era place names to African ones. Not > so in South Africa, where, to help keep the peace in the early > days of black rule, most cities, towns and streets retained the > old names of apartheid. When the mayor of Pretoria, Smangaliso > Mkhatshwa, recently suggested renaming the city Tshwane, the > area's name before the arrival of white settlers, white residents > protested that the change would be costly and, according to a > petition drawn up by students at the University of Pretoria, > "show contempt for history." But a name change, says the mayor, > is backed by many of Pretoria's black residents, who resent > living in a city named for Andries Pretorius, a leader of the > Afrikaners' march of settlement. > > Here's a look at other South African places where new names have > been adopted or proposed . > > OLD:Pretoria NEW:Tshwane > Expect fierce resistance but eventual change > OLD: Johannesburg NEW: Egoli > The Zulu name is already used informally > OLD: Transvaal NEW: Gauteng > Sotho word meaning "Place of Gold" was adopted in 1995 > OLD: Pretoria NEW:Tshwane > Expect fierce resistance but eventual change > OLD: Kruger National Park NEW: Mandela National Park > Controversial at home, but may be popular with the tourists > OLD: Cape Town NEW: Ikapa > Despite pressure from hard-line nationalists, the change is > unlikely > 73 Johan Berglund, Vabacksvägen 10, Trollhättan, Sweden ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
