Brandfort to be renamed 'Winnie Mandela' eNCA
JOHANNESBURG - Apartheid architect, Hendrik Verwoerd's hometown will now be named after an Anti-Apartheid activist.Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, approved the name change on Friday.He says it is just one of the ways government is honouring Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
The struggle icon was banished to the town by the apartheid government and spent 8 years there from 1977.Apartheid architect, Hendrik Verwoerd's hometown will now be named after an Anti-Apartheid activist. Brandfort in the Free State will now be known as Winnie Mandela. Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, approved the name change on Friday.
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