Out with Union Buildings and in with Nelson Mandela House, says Sipho Pityana
Businessman and activist Sipho Pityana has called for the Union Buildings to be renamed after Nelson Mandela. Speaking as chairman of the University of Cape Town council‚ Pityana told guests at a graduation ceremony on Tuesday that it was ironic that government had renamed only part of the colonial-era building after Mandela. "Yet the name of the Union Building itself remains as it is in memory of the four provinces in 1910 that excluded blacks‚’’ said Pityana. He called this a subordination of a real icon and symbol of a united South Africa. Pityana is also convenor of the Save South Africa campaign, which is calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down as national leader. He made headlines when he heavily criticised Zuma in an address at the funeral of former sports minister‚ Makhenkesi Stofile this year. "It is upon you as the new generation of intellectuals to share these lessons with society‚ point out the irony and insist that the Union Buildings should be named Nelson Mandel...
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