Someone Just Tried To Cut Down The Rhodes Statue in Company Gardens With An Angle Grinder

27 Jan 2016 by Jasmine Stone in Cape Town, History, Lifestyle

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This morning saw an unidentified group try and cut down the Cecil John Rhodes Statue that stands in Cape Town’s Company Gardens, an angle grinder their weapon of choice.

The attempt took place at around 9:30 this morning and was stopped before the task could be completed. Here’s IOL:

DA ward councillor for the City Bowl, Dave Bryant, confirmed the attempt on Twitter.

By 11am, three security officers were standing guard around the statue.

The security guards, who did not want to be identified, said they were in the vicinity when the group approached the statue. The guards said they thought the group were simply there to do maintenance, as they were dressed in construction-looking clothing.

However, they then hopped up onto the statue and began trying to cut it down.

We wait to see what happens next.

[source:iol]

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