The Roads Board is currently processing a request by the Kwazulu-Natal Department of Transport to rename the EB Cloete Interchange, commonly known as Spaghetti Junction next to the Pavillion Shopping Centre in Durban, as the Dullah Omar Interchange.

This announcement was made by KZN MEC for Transport S’bu Ndebele last night at a memorial service for the late Dr Abdullah Omar, in Durban.

“Henceforth those who enter Durban from the West will pause and know that South Africa is today non-racial and democratic, thanks to the huge contribution of Dullah Omar.

“Those who enter from the South will pause at the Dullah Omar Interchange and reflect on the fact that our roads are safe thanks to the tireless road safety campaigns Dullah Omar pioneered. Those who enter from the North, from the South and from the West will say it is now becoming safe to travel in a taxi because Dullah Omar strived to establish peace in the taxi industry,” Ndebele said.

Paying tribute to Omar Ndebele said that it was difficult to say farewell to a dear friend and comrade who had long been a pillar of strength and paragon of humbleness.

“How do you even start saying farewell to someone who you wish might have lived for ever? This is the situation I find myself in today as all of us grapple with the reality of Minister Dullah Omar’s death,” said Ndebele.

Hundreds of people, including Omar’s son Rustum Omar, members of the provincial legislature, and representatives from local government, NGOs and the transport fraternity attended the memorial.