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S.Africa: Officials deny renaming is Reverse Racism

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Original Post Date: 2005-03-22 Time: 15:12:44  Posted By: Jan

[Listen to me… All these denials by the blacks about racism is RUBBISH! They claim they are non-racist and are fighting racism in all its forms… That’s nonsense… deep down is Black Nationalism… intertwined with Socialism which is driving them… There isn’t place in one country for Black Nationalism and White Nationalism. It is inevitable that the two cannot co-exist side by side. The Blacks *WILL* engage in their push for Black Nationalism and they will shove everyone else aside in the move. All these denials… are complete nonsense. Wait and see… Jan]

Durban – People who see the renaming of buildings, roads and other public institutions as reverse racism are mistaken, KZN Premier S’bu Ndebele said on Monday.

“We would like to assure them that we have never envisaged a situation where white domination will be replaced with black domination because our struggle was primarily about the eradication of racism in all its forms,” he said at Human Rights Day celebrations in Durban on Monday.

He and eThekwini Mayor Obed Mlaba delivered strong human rights messages when they renamed Durban’s Martin West Building after ANC activist Florence Mkhize and the M4 highway from Durban International Airport after Nkosi Albert Luthuli.

“Those who accuse us of reverse racialism are bent on maintaining the status quo at the expense of the previously oppressed masses of our people whose heritage was suppressed and sometimes destroyed

“We will not be distracted from our course which seeks to restore the dignity of people by honouring and recognising those who have made it possible for us to enjoy the freedoms and human rights that we are so proud of today,” Ndebele said.

Mlaba echoed this theme: “These may be small steps but as symbols of recognition and acknowledgement they have enormous impact. [People] will feel a sense of pride when they walk or drive through the city, it won’t feel like they are in someone else’s country any more.”

Expense of renaming

He added that people who complain about the expense of renaming, when the money could be spent on the poor, are those who still see blacks and Indians and their heritages as less than human.

“Have you noticed how these complainers are suddenly concerned about the poor? Are any of you fooled? Do you think they can mask their racism by disguising it as caring for the poor?”

Both Ndebele and Mlaba explained that Luthuli was one of the most outstanding presidents of the ANC and is widely accepted as the father of non-racialism, alliance politics and non-violent resistance in South Africa.

Florence Mkhize was a tireless activist for the emancipation of not only the South African people, but emphatic about the restoration of dignity and respect for women. She is regarded as one of the most outstanding women leaders in Durban from the fifties and played an active part in the historic women’s march to Pretoria on August 9, 1956.

She worked against the forced removals of people from Cato Manor and became an underground operative after the banning of the ANC.

Ndebele said a statue of King Dinuzulu will be fittingly placed next to that of General Louis Botha, the first prime minister of the Union government.

Dinuzulu was convicted of treason and plotting an uprising against the British in 1906. He was imprisoned in Cape Town and Pietermaritzburg. Botha released him from prison in 1910.

“Following the king’s death, Botha’s government saw to his family’s welfare and ensured him a dignified burial,” he said.

Source: News24.Com

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