List of renamed streets in Pretoria

This list contains the list of renamed streets in the South African city of Pretoria ( City of Tshwane ). The name changes were made in accordance with the provisions of the South African Geographical Names Council Act ( No. 118/1998 ) and its subsequent changes.

The name changes relate to street names after predominantly historically significant people. According to a spokesman for the city administration, the new street names were given to commemorate the merits of people in the anti- apartheid movement, the struggle for equality and for cultural achievements. The subject was and is very controversial. The lobby group AfriForum filed a lawsuit with the North Gauteng High Court for the renaming and achieved success through the judge's verdict on April 19, 2013. The administration of the City of Tshwane refused the judicial order and the renaming to be carried out within 60 days. AfriForum then proposed dual road signage . Kgosientsho Ramokgopa , the mayor of Tshwane, denied the alleged hostility of his administration towards Afrikaners and pointed to the predominant number of street names with a Boer background. The case came before the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein .

Renaming in chronological order

After 1998

Schoeman Street → Frances Baard Street
Skinner Street → Nana Sita Street
Church Street
- east from Nelson Mandela Street → Stanza Bopape Street
- from Bosman Street westward to R511 → WF Nkomo Street
- from the R511 west → Elias Motswaledi Street
- from Nelson Mandela Drive to Church Square → Helen Joseph Street
DF Malan Drive → E'skia Mphahlele Drive
General Louis Botha Drive → January Masilela Drive
Queen Wilhelmina Avenue → Florence Ribeiro Drive
Mears Street / Beatrix Street / Voortrekker Street → Steve Biko Street
HF Verwoerd Street → Johan Heyns Drive
Hans Strijdom Drive → Solomon Mahlangu Drive
Esselen Street → Robert Sobukwe Street (roughly the continuation of Nana Sita Street)
Michael Brink Street → Nico Smith Street
Duncan Street → Jan Shoba Street
Zambesi Drive → Sefako Makgatho Drive
Proes Street → Johanes Ramokhoase Street
Van der Walt Street → Lilian Ngoyi Street
Andries Street → Thabo Sehume Street
Prinsloo Street → Sisulu Street
Leah Mangope Street → Peter Magano Road
Lucas Mangope Street → Molefe Makinta Highway (section of M21)
Jacob Mare Street → Jeff Masemola Street
Walker Street → Justice Mohammed Street (eastern section of Walker Street, becomes M11)
Mitchell Street → Charlotte Maxeke Street
Vermeulen Street → Madiba Street
Schubart Street → Sophie De Bruyn Street
Potgieter Street → Kgosi Mampuru Street