update (13 Aug 2012): The Zimbabwean government has reversed the renaming of three roads in
Harare claiming it was never consulted.
The City Council of
Harare has announced the renaming of three of the city's roads. The Enterprise Road will be renamed after the late retired
Army General Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mujuru, although Mujuru’s widow, Joice, must still approve the use of her late husband's name.
Harare's Enterprise Road was picked to be renamed after General Mujuru because it is near the
KG VI Army barracks.
View new street names in Harare in a larger map
The other two roads in
Harare that will be renamed are the
Rotten Row, which will be named after the late
Chief Justice Enoch Dumbutshena, and
Churchill Road, which will become
Professor Walter Kamba Road. Both the Dumbutshena and the Kamba families have already agreed to the changes.
The
Rotten Row will get renamed after late
Chief Justice Enoch Dumbutshena because
Harare's
Magistrates’ Courts are located along the road.
Churchill Road will be renamed after
Professor Walter Kamba, the first black Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe after independence, because the Uni is located on that road.
