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Article: Durban's new name a load of bull ...but Umhlanga rocks.(News)
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- Pretoria News (South Africa)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2007
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BYLINE: HEINZ DE BOER
The name eThekwini is to be consigned to history, but Durban will live on. That is the word from the mayor of eThekwini, Obed Mlaba.
But he's also on a mission to change the current "eThekwini" name for the whole metropolitan area - because, he says, the name is embarrassing.
Mlaba said the meaning of eThekwini, which refers to the testicles of a bull and was the traditional name given to the shape of Durban bay, had caused him a fair amount of international embarrassment.
Mlaba was speaking after the tabling of the long-awaited policy document that will govern the roll-out of the second phase of street, building ...