City to rename several streets

The City of Windhoek plans to rename several streets, should no objections be received from the public within 21 days. This follows the approval of the names by the city councillors. Ten existing streets will be renamed while two new streets will be named. Streets at Elisenheim will also get new names, a City notice said. Babs Street in Klein Windhoek will be renamed to Pan Africanist Marcus Garvey Street. Zenobia Street in Klein Windhoek will be renamed to honour Philip Shiimi, who was the CEO of the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority. Also up for change is Kenneth Kaunda Street in Freedom Square which will change to Priscilla Charlene Geingos Street. Geingos, or Aunty Patty as she was commonly known, was President Hage Geingob's first wife. Bach Street in Windhoek West will be renamed to honour the late leader of the National Unity Democratic Organisation, Kuaima Riruako, while Bismarck Street will become Simeon Lineekela Shixungileni Street. He was a combatant in the liberation struggle and took part in the battle at Ongulumbashe on 26 August 1966. A former principal of Mandume Primary School, the late Juuso Katangolo, will also get a street renamed in his honour. Tuin Street in Katutura will be named after the late educator, who died last February. A new street intersecting with Lazarett Street will be named after the late member of parliament Moses Katjiuongua. Düsseldorf Street in Otjomuise will be renamed in honour of Theophilus Katjiuongua, Moses Katjiuongua's father. Another new street that branches off from Lazarett Street will be named after John Muundjua. He is credited with mobilising residents of the Old Location to oppose a forced removal from there. Klaagliedere and Kronike Streets in Katutura will be renamed in honour of the late bishop of the Unity Protestant Church, Asaria Kamburona. Other streets to be renamed included Genesis Street in Katutura, which will be renamed to Patropas Tjitjo Street, and Delfos Street in Windhoek North which will be renamed after Filemon Nangolo. The name of late ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does not feature on the list. City spokesperson Scheifert Shigwedha said a formal request to have a street named after her had not been received. Meanwhile, the Namibia Press Agency reports that the Outjo town council has renamed several streets. They honour vice-president Nangolo Mbumba, the late Kunene governor Angelika Muharukua, first Kunene governor Ernst Fanuel Amporo, the late NBC staffer Salmon Salath //Hoëseb, Outjo-born musician Sagarias Kalux, and NASA rocket scientist Japie van Zyl, who was born at Outjo. Buitekant Street was named after Muharukua, while the nearly three-kilometre Lang Street was named after Mbumba and Hospital Street was renamed after Amporo. Zebra Street was renamed after Karunga, and Koedoe Street became Dr Japie van Zyl Street.OGONE TLHAGE

City to rename several streets

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Namibian Sun 2025-05-06

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