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Keep Left on Slovo Street TO commemorate the death of Joe Slovo 10 years ago, the South African Communist Party has approached the City of Johannesburg to name a road in his honour. January 11, 2005 By Barry Hiles TEN years after the death of Joe Slovo, the South African Communist Party (SACP) has called for the City of Johannesburg to name a street in his honour. SACP information and publicity officer, Mazibuko Jara, said the organisation had approached the council about renaming a street in the Yeoville area, although he declined to identify a particular street. Slovo passed away on the 6 January 1995. At the time of his death he was the Minister of Housing in the government of national unity. He was also national chairperson of the SACP and a member of the national executive committee of the African National Congress. On Wednesday 6 January, the anniversary of Slovo's death, members of the SACP gathered at his grave in Avalon Cemetery, Soweto, to remember their comrade. The SACP has declared January 2005 "Joe Slovo Month" and has planned a number of events to celebrate his life and achievements. A courtyard at Constitution Hill was renamed in his honour on Sunday 9 January. Slovo was an inmate of the Old Fort prison. The process of changing a street's name may take several months. The Department of Development Planning, Transportation and Environment must first assess the proposed change. From there it is referred to the appropriate ward committee and the proposed change is publicised in the local press. Notices advising of the proposed change will also be displayed at the site. The public will have a month to respond. The Public Planning Tribunal will then consider feedback from both the ward committee and the public, and make a recommendation on the name change. The final decision is made when the planning department takes the proposed change to the local authority. Once the decision has been taken to rename a street the South African Police Service and emergency services, the Post Office, Telkom and the Johannesburg Roads Agency must all be notified. Assistant Manager: Road Markings at JRA, John Nortje, said the final implementation of the name change would take a further four to six weeks. This would depend on the length of the street and how many intersections would be affected. He estimated the cost of the Beyers Naude name change to have been R250 000. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za