The city of Bulawayo yesterday renamed their roads to replace some of the roads’ pre-colonial era names. Ignoring the cabinet’s road names suggestion Bulawayo renamed their roads as they dimmed fit.

Here is a full list of the new road names:

1. Council resolved to stick to the numbered format for Avenues in the CBD from First to 15th Avenue.
2. Councillors chose to honour the President by renaming George Avenue (from Harare Road to Old Esigodini Road)  Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Avenue
3. Leopold Takawira Avenue (from Samuel Parirenyatwa Street to Umguza River Bridge along Gwanda Road) which is now King Mzilikazi Road,
4. Nketa Drive is now Queen Lozikheyi Dlodlo Drive,
5. Athlone Avenue is now Simon Vengai Muzenda Road
6. 23rd Avenue is now Landa John Nkomo Road
7. Lady Stanley Avenue is now Mama Joanna Mafuyana Avenue,
8. Steeldale Road and Anthony Tylor Road is now Albert Nxele Road,
9. Dunde Drive has been renamed Sikhanyiso Duke Ndlovu Drive,
10. Fife Street is now Nikita Mangena Street and
11. Fort Street has been renamed Lookout Masuku Street.
12. Old Khami Road is now Sydney Malunga Road,
13. Basch Street is Dumiso Dabengwa Road,
14. Waverley Road is now Jairos Jiri Road
15. Fairbridge has been renamed Erick Bloch Way.
16. Hillside Road which is now Sir Garfield Todd Road,
17. Van Riebeck Road is now Joseph Msika Drive,
18. Connaught Avenue is now Cephas Cele Avenue,
19. Collenbrander Road is now Daniel Madzimbamuto Road,
20. Manchester Road is now George Nyandoro Road,
21. Vera Road is now Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu Road,
22. Birkenhead Road has been renamed Sikanjaya Muntanga Road
23. Doncaster Road is now Maria Msika Road.
24. Lobengula Street has been corrected to King Lobengula Street,
25. Moffat Road in Hillside which has been corrected to Robert Moffat Drive and
26. Leander Road in Hillside which is now Dr Leander Star Jameson.
27. Coghlan Avenue which is now Charles Patrick Coghlan Avenue
28. Cecil Avenue which is now Cecil John Rhodes Avenue