#Covid19: Health Minister to visit FS vaccination sites ofm.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ofm.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DA questions renaming Brandfort after Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Share
The DA has criticised the proposed move by the Free State government to rename towns in the province ahead of the local government elections.
The party said the move, which was announced by Free State MEC of Arts and Culture Limakatso Mahasa recently, may have not been based on sound principle but rather an electioneering move ahead of this year s local government elections.
Mahasa said former struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela- Mandela would be honoured with the town of Brandfort being remanded after her. This is the same town Madikizela-Mandela spent years, in the 1970s, under house arrest.
Plans are afoot to alter the official titles of two well-known locations in Free State – and one of the name changes is set to take place in the heart of Bloemfontein. What’s more, it seems that ANOTHER town will be named after Winnie Mandela.
More towns to be named after Winnie Mandela
Brandfort is just a stone’s throw away from Bloemfontein. But, according to the Free State Culture and Recreation MEC Limkatso Mahasa, that won’t be its name for much longer: The iconic town is set to follow Mbizana’s lead, becoming the second location in 2021 to adopt the name of Winnie Mandela as its official title.
âââ LUCKY NKUYANE 06:20 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 Police minister, Bheki Cele/Photo: Gallo
Police minister, Bheki Cele, is set to inspect safer festive season operations in Bloemfontein in the Free State.
This is according to his spokesperson, Lirandzu Themba, in a statement. She says Cele, along with top SAPS Management, will do a walkabout and engage with members of the public on Saturday.
She adds the minister will also monitor a planned roadblock, and inspect multi-disciplinary police operations put in place around the province.
Themba also adds that Cele will oversee compliance and enforcement of Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
Cele is visiting the province for at least the third time this year. In October he addressed farmers in the Eastern Free State in Paul roux near Senekal following the murder of 21-year old farm manager, Brendin Horner.
Cele to inspect FS festive safety plans ofm.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ofm.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.