Cape Town renamed six streets

Travellers, update your Cape Town city maps. The city yesterday (21 March 2013, Human Rights Day) officially renamed six streets and one civic center after South African struggle icons and a South African poet.

• Coen Steytler Avenue is now Walter Sisulu Avenue
• Hendrik Verwoerd Drive is now  Uys Krige Drive
• Modderdam Road is now Robert Sobukwe Road
• Lansdowne Road (between Turfhall and Palmyra roads) is now Imam Haron Road
• Lansdowne road (between Wetton and Swartklip roads) is now Japhta K Masemola Road
• Lansdowne Road (between Swartklip and Baden Powell roads) is now Govan Mbeki Road
• Athlone Civic Centre is now Dulcie September Civic Centre

View New street names in Cape Town in a larger map