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4 in court about street signs
02/07/2007 20:49 - (SA)
Potchefstroom - North West police say four students have appeared in court for allegedly removing street signs in Potchefstroom.
Spokesperson Koos Degenaar said the four, aged 16, 19, 20 and 21, were released on bail after they appeared before the Potchefstroom Regional Court on charges of malicious damage to property.
The 16-year-old was released on R400 bail while the others were ordered to pay R800.
The four, three women and one man, were arrested on Sunday night after they were found with street signs in their vehicle.
Potchefstroom name changes did not sit well with some residents who have been removing the new signs bearing the changes and dumping them in the Vaal River or defacing them.
Council spokesperson Kaizer Mahau earlier this month said 60% of the new names had been removed recently.
A street sign for Nelson Mandela Rylaan (Drive) had also been defaced to read "Dela Rylaan" - an apparent reference to Boer war general Koos de la Rey.
A threatening letter was delivered to the mayor's chambers last week demanding that all name change procedures be reversed.
The letter also demanded that the city's name stay the same and for all new street names to revert to their old names.
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