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Xingwana notice in Government Gazette

The Pretoria “by another name” drama could go on for a long time after Friday’s announcement that Arts and Culture Minister Lulu Xingwana had remove a notice for technical reasons.

Xingwana placed his notice in the January 29 Government Gazette connected to the registration of Tshwane municipal area as another name.

The notice was placed a day after Arts and Culture Minister Deputy Paul Mashatile canceled a briefing to the media in order to announce new names for a number of areas across the country.

The department declined to explain the issue but sources said the tardiness in the announcement could be because of “flaws” in the Tshwane Metro Council’s registration to the South African Geographic Names Council back in the year 2004.

A senior council official said, on condition of anonymity, the original mission statement by council was – register “City of Tshwane” as a place name.

This anonymous official, who assisted in the drafting of the application to the SAGNC, said difficulties for the council came when some councilors altered the application “and instead applied for the change of Pretoria’s name to Tshwane”.

“There was a huge outcry over the change in the application from a number of senior politicians,” he said.

He stated that the municipality decided to establish a committee managed by Professor Mzi Sirayi to investigate the issue of “another name.”
But, according to the former official, the council’s public participation process was flawed.

“Instead of the public participation process being for the registration of City of Tshwane as a geographic name, it was to change Pretoria’s name to Tshwane,” he said.

He added that the name “Tshwane” was for the municipality which covers areas like Hammanskraal, Soshanguve, Mabopane, Winterveld and a number of agricultural holdings.

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An island in New Brunswick’s St. John River got a politically correct makeover on Wednesday when the provincial government agreed to rename the piece of land ‘Eqpahak’ to replace its old name, Savage Island.

The island is located about seven kilometres northwest of Fredericton.

Eqpahak is a Maliseet word that translates to the ‘place where the tide stops coming in.’

“This place has been an important geographic feature to the aboriginal people for more than 3,000 years,” Albert said in a statement Wednesday.

“This is why we thought that it was crucial to change the name of Savage Island to ‘Eqpahak’ as it reflects Maliseet culture.”

The New Brunswick government said this is the first time that the province has changed an official name because the name was inappropriate or discriminatory.

The name change was requested last April by New Brunswick resident Percy Sacobie, a Maliseet man, and supported by Fredericton City Council, six Maliseet chiefs and a provincial steering committee.

“I feel the term ‘savage’ is not a term that’s appropriate to relate to my ancestors or myself,” Sacobie told the CBC.

However, some New Brunswickers don’t understand the reasoning behind the name change, as Savage is also a popular surname in the area, and some believe the island’s name was derived from those settling families.

SAVAGE ISLAND IN SECOND LIFE

Hutchens Another Name – Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones is not happy with today’s country music, he told The Associated Press. When asked about acts like Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, 78-year-old Jones said “they’ve stolen our identity.”

Jones suggested that modern country acts should find a new name for the music they’re making. “So what they need to do really, I think, is find their own title, because they’re definitely not traditional country music,” he said.

Jones added that although there are still acts that perform old-school country, like Alan Jackson and George Strait, many traditionalists “hope that it comes back one of these days,” according to The Boot.

The country star, whose career has spanned six decades, won’t be collaborating with Lil Wayne anytime soon, either. When asked if he’d ever branch out to another musical style like rap, Jones said: “Rap? That’s tacky … how can you call that music? Now, I love music, too. I love all kinds … I’ve got an open mind. But now, you can’t call rap, talking stuff like that, music.”

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