Cabinet yesterday approved new names of roads, places and
Government buildings in Harare, Bulawayo and other towns across the country, as
a deliberate effort to foster unity, while reflecting on the country’s history
and identity.
This was said by Acting Minister of Information, Publicity
and Broadcasting Services, Mangaliso Ndlovu, while addressing journalists after
yesterday’s Cabinet meeting.
Notable among the changes is the renaming of Enterprise
Road in Harare to Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Road.
The name changes are mainly aimed at honouring the
country’s national heroes, as well as nationalists from the region.
Minister Ndlovu said approval of the new names followed a
report presented by Vice President Kembo Mohadi as chairperson of the Cabinet
Committee on Place Names.
“Cabinet noted that through the process of naming, every
community or society defines its identity and culture, tells its history, and
espouses its values, beliefs, norms and world-view,” he said.
“Naming is also a social engagement tool that fosters
understanding, peace and unity in diversity.”
Besides Enterprise Road being named after President Mnangagwa,
roads in other towns now bear the name of the Head of State and Government.
They include Sixth Avenue in Bulawayo, A5 Road in Kwekwe,
Main Street in Gweru, Chipinge Main Street, Etherton Road in Bindura, Edgar
Peacock Road in Mutare, Henry Hartley Road in Chegutu and Hughes Street in
Masvingo.
Some of the streets whose names changed in Harare are Speke
Avenue, which changed to Agostinho Neto Avenue, Angwa Street to Sir Seretse
Khama Street, Third Street to Patrice Lumumba Street, Rezende Street to Julia
Zvobgo Street, Selous Avenue to John Landa Nkomo Avenue, Cameron Street to
Joseph Msika Street, while the stretch from Robert Gabriel Mugabe International
Airport to Manyame Air Base is now called Josiah Tungamirai Drive, and Kirkman
Drive is now known as Solomon Mujuru Drive.
In Bulawayo, the stretch from Fourth Avenue through to
Seventh Street up to King George has been renamed John Landa Nkomo Avenue,
Collenbrander Avenue is now Lookout Masuku Avenue and Victoria Falls Road is
Mosi-Oa-Tunya Road.
Fort Street through to Bellevue Road up to Plumtree Road
has been renamed Benjamin Burombo Street.
Some of the Government buildings whose names have been
changed include the New Government Composite Office Building in Harare which
will now be called Mgandane Dlodlo Building; Harare Central Hospital is now
Sally Mugabe Central Hospital; Immigration Building in Harare has been named to
Chingaira Makoni Building; Defence House to Hashim Mbita House; CID
Headquarters Building to Ethan Dube Building and Central Registry Building to
Muchecheterwa Chiwashira Building. Herald
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