ZUID-AFRIKA BY ANY OTHER NAME

Today it was reported that most of the city of Pretoria will be renamed Tshwane. I think this is a bad sign for South Africa. Changing the names seems to be the thing to do when you have nothing else to offer. Note the chnages from Burma to Myanamar, the change from Cambodia to Kampuchea, the change from Congo to Zaire and back again, and the name changes dozens of cities in Africa have undergone. If the South African government were taking care of business, it is unlikely that anyone would really care if they were in Pretoria or Tshwane.

At least the government gave fair warning that the country is about to be in the toilet.