Renaming streets

I lived in Langalibelele Road in the 1950s before the Nats changed it to Lansdowne Road. I’m glad our mayor is going to restore it. – Peter

I strongly object to dropping the name of Jan Smuts, our greatest statesman. Even Mandela comes a poor second.

Why do we want to change road names? The number of shack fires is one reason we should be building houses instead.

Madam Mayor, to save money and a lot of confusion, why not name the whole Western Cape “Nelson Mandela”? – Gatvol Bates

We don’t need street names changed, we need a government that serves the people.

Is it necessary for all the new names to be somehow related to apartheid?

I adore Helen Zille. Would it not be a fitting tribute to immortalise her by naming a major road after her?

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Who is Vanguard Drive named after? It seems an apolitical, innocent name.

What a disgrace that the name of Jan Smuts should be excised from the collective memory of Capetonians when streets are renamed. Should we not continue to honour his role in the fight against fascism during the two world wars? – Julia Smuts readers blaming all the occupants of the car?

To all the people judging the driver and occupants of the car, shame on you. If your children had died, would you be so quick to judge? Why not choose to spare a thought for the grieving parents, family and friends? – David Horne

If the people who are paid to control traffic did their job instead of turning a blind eye to every transgression imaginable, motorists would think