Cape Times

It’s a total waste

- Gustav Lindemann Tamboerskl­oof

WHY spend big money to name our streets and buildings after politician­s? The bulk of these are as corrupt and lazy as can be.

Look at our current crop of politician­s, like children and delinquent­s they fight among each other, they scream at each other across benches instead of finding ways to help the poor.

Are these people really deserving if having their names around for years to come? Same goes for the so-called Struggle heroes who bring nothing to the table apart from their own sense of entitlemen­t. Don’t get me wrong we thank them for their fight against apartheid but do those credential­s make them qualified to run a country?

They don’t deserve their names on our streets and buildings, neither should they have statues erected of themselves.

Our streets and buildings should be named after things that do not stir up hate or the will to demolish such.

Cape Town internatio­nal should be named Protea Internatio­nal Airport.

No fighting between entities who think their politician/s should get the nod and more importantl­y it won’t marginalis­e those who feel their politician didn’t get the nod.

Naming our streets after nature will also result in the name not to change in 20 years’ time when there is another hopeless politician who thinks their name should be on a building instead of another politician, it will save some money out of the taxpayer’s pocket. A win-win for everyone.

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