The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm Welgelegen, in an area more commonly known as Drie Koppen. This name was of Dutch origin, and was given to a road intersection where the heads of three slaves had been impaled. Picture: Tracey Adams/African News Agency (ANA)
LETTER: Can offensive names of the past, such as Drie Koppen , be retained?
By Opinion
Koert Meyer.
As soon as I came across the street name “Drie Koppen” in Edgemead in November 2015 while taking part in a road race together with more than a thousand runners, I pointed out this hurtful colonial incident in a letter published in this paper dated 23 December 2015 under the heading “Road of ‘3 severed heads’ needs new name”.