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Learn all the new tophonymics in Beira, starting with Street N6 renamed Afonso Macacho Marceta Dhlakama
3:23 CAT | 04 Apr 2016
In File Club of Mozambique / A view of Beira city
Beira municipal council on Thursday (March 31, 2016) submitted to the plenary session of the municipal assembly its amended list of Beira street and place names. The proposal was approved by the MDM majority in the chamber, with Frelimo councilors abstaining.
Frelimo said that “the allocation of place names follows the principle of national unity. National citizens are noteworthy in several areas of interest, such as the national liberation struggle, history, sports, science, culture, education, production, political, social, and economic, religion, defence and security. Why not follow these criteria? The Frelimo bench does not agree with some of the proposed names”.
However, Frelimo did not specify exactly which names it disagreed with.
“…names of blood…”
When challenged on the Frelimo position, the party spokesman said: “The Frelimo bench understands that … and I also think that the mayor knows very well … there are names, which are names of blood which we can not exalt this because doing so would be exalting the atrocities that we are experiencing in our country.”
In response to the “names of blood” comment, Mayor Davis Simango said that “the proposal came from the population. A joint committee was established precisely to promote transparency and was conducted as such. We as the executive can not go against the decision of the population which has put us here to represent them. What we did was to represent the people according to your request. And I want to remind people that, in a democracy, you sometimes have to sup with the devil”.
The city council has justified the need for change on the grounds that Beira had gone through many distinct stages, economic, social and cultural, since its elevation to city status on August 20, 1907, and needed to acknowledge the many contributions to its growth in its infrastructure names.
In the course of a mailing operation concerned with the modernization of the city in the early 2000s it became apparent that, of a total of 965 roads in existence, only 182 had names, some of which were outdated form a sociological, political and cultural perspective.
To assign and update the names, a joint committee was established Resolution No. 1 of September 11, 2015 at the 15th Ordinary Session of the municipal council.
THE AMENDMENTS ADOPTED
- Rua Dom Gonçalo da Silveira (1.279, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Dom Sebastião Soares de Resende;
- Rua Correia de Brito (1.298, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Papa João Paulo II;
- Rua Kruss Gomes (2.312, Administrative Post of Munhava) will, from now on, be called Rua Reverendo Uria Timóteo Simango;
- Rua do Condestável (no Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Marcelino dos Santos;
- Rua Mouzinho de Albuquerque (no Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Mateus Guejere;
- Rua Dom Francisco Barreto (1.284, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Filipe Samuel Magaia;
- Rua Serpa Pinto (1.275, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Raúl Manuel Domingos;
- Rua Capitão Pereira do Lago (Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua Gilles Cistac;
- Rua Major Pereira Monteiro (1.511, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Bhangue;
- Rua General Eduardo Galado (1.517, C3, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Francisco Conde Júnior (Chiquinho Conde);
- Rua General da Rocha (Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Joaquim Alberto Chissano;
- Rua Pais Ramos (1.520, C3/C2, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Graça Machel;
- Rua Rui Roberto Ivo (1.059, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Rui Marcos;
- Rua Capitão Duarte (1.878, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Sebastião Marcos Mabote;
- Rua Capitão de Moçambique (1.311, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Francisco José Craveirinha;
- Rua Major Serpa Pinto (1.309, C2, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua António Leite Couto;
- Rua Capitão Curado (1.333 Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Costa Luís Chapepa (Tazi);
- Rua Capitão Montanha (1.342, C2, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua David Mazembe;
- Rua Machado dos Santos (1.347, C2) will, from now on, be called Rua Lurdes Mutola;
- Rua Capitães de Sena (1.039, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Alice Mabote;
- Rua Largo Manuel António de Sousa (1.374, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Largo 20 de Agosto;
- Rua Martins de Massango (1.564, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Acordos de Roma;
- Rua Manuel Vaz Pereira (2.310, Administrative Post of Munhava) will, from now on, be called Rua Macombe;
- Rua Aires de Ornelas (1.296, Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua da Mesquita;
- Rua Comandante Gaivão (1.285, Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua Nelson Mandela;
- Rua Lourenço Marques (Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua Maputo;
- Rua Pêro de Covilhã (1876, Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua Josina Abiatar Mutemba (Josina Machel);
- Rua Baltazar Ribeiro de Sousa (1.056, Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Feliciano Gundana;
- Rua António Enes (Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua 17 de Maio;
- Rua 1.321 (Administrative Post of Inhamízua) will, from now on, be called Rua Papa Paulo VI;
- Rua 1.863/2.006 (Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Rua Dom Jaime Pedro Gonçalves;
- (Former) Rua N6 will, from now on, be called Rua Afonso Macacho Marceta Dhlakama;
- Rua 1.515 (Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua Guilherme Tapela Nkomo;
- Rua do Aeroporto (3.343/4.030, Administrative Posts of Inhamízua and Manga Loforte, respectively ) will, from now on, be called Rua Carlos Cardoso;
- Rua 1.261 (Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua António Siba Siba Macuácua;
- Rua 3.551 (Administrative Post of Inhamízua) will, from now on, be called Rua São João Baptista de La Salle;
- Rua 1.035 (Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua Arquitecto Carlos Eugénio;
- Rua 6.3303 (Administrative Post of Inhamízua) will, from now on, be called Rua Deolinda Guezimane;
- Rua 3.274 (Administrative Post of Inhamínzua) will, from now on, be called Rua Alberto Chipande;
- Rua 4.042 (Administrative Post of Manga Loforte) will, from now on, be called Rua Ngungunhana;
- Rua 1.356 (Administrative Post of Chiveve/Restaurante 2+1) will, from now on, be called Rua Issufo Costa;
- Rua 1.335 (Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua Joana Simião;
- Rua 1751/2009 (Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua Eng° Daviz Mbepo Simango;
- Praça 3.253 (Manga, Brigada Montada, Administrative Post of Inhamízua) will, from now on, be called Praça Chinhamapere;
- Largo dos CFM (Administrative Post of Chiveve) will, from now on, be called Praça dos Trabalhadores;
- Rua 1.004 (Administrative Post of Chiveve ) will, from now on, be called Rua Paulo Samuel Cankhomba;
- Rua 2 (Manga, 3.333, Administrative Post of Inhamízua) will, from now on, be called Rua Unidade Nacional;
- Rua 3.326 ( Administrative post of Inhamízua) will, from now on, be called Rua Mário Esteves Coluna. (M. Hanif Mussa)
Source: CRV Magazine
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