Ditimamodimo residents look for better name

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Residents of Ditimamodimo, a Gaborone residential area well known as Block 7, have been advised to come up with an alternative name for their location.

This came after the residents wrote to Gaborone City Council complaining about the name Ditimamodimo, saying it was a curse and likely going to bring bad luck upon them.

Nominated councillor Kagiso Ntime had wanted to table a motion for removal of the name Ditimamodimo but the mayor, Kagiso Thutlwe, said the city clerk, Mpho Mathe, had advised the residents on procedure to be followed for a name of a location to be changed.

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