A bust of Cecil John Rhodes at Rhodes Memorial has been unceremoniously beheaded.
Oxford’s Rhodes to fall. Van Gogh’s brothel letters. US stockpiled wrong drug. Cocaine hotline. SA restaurants to reopen.
The removal of UCT’s Cecil John Rhodes statue was seen by many as a victory, but it could find a home somewhere else in the near future.
Things stepped up a notch in Cape Town’s Company Gardens this morning after an unidentified group tried to remove the Cecil John Rhodes statue.
UCT have finally broken their silence on why Chumani Maxwele, the face of the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign, was suspended last month. Their account doesn’t paint a pretty picture.
The man who was to many the face of the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign has been suspended by the University of Cape Town. He is citing foul play.
It seems the students behind the removal of the Cecil John Rhodes statue aren’t going to rest after that success. Next up it’s Max Price who is coming under fire.
This will come as absolutely no surprise to anyone, especially if you’ve been reading the news of late. Here’s the latest defacing of South Africa’s history.
Mugabe is stirring the pot a little bit with what he has to say about Cecil John Rhodes being buried in Zimbabwe. What will his comrades say, I wonder?
Just when you thought you had heard it all regarding statues someone pops a bronze JZ on top of Lion’s Head. Some were impressed, some were certainly not.
Here’s a controversial opinion that’s sure to ruffle some feathers, sent in by an independent writer. Feel free to comment.
The ANC Youth League have set their sights on one of Pretoria’s statues now and they have some rather prominent voices behind them.
The defacing of statues has been a topic of hot debate the past few weeks and this latest incident is only going to add fuel to that fire.
The whole Rhodes issue really gets me heated, so bear with me, as we are all allowed our opinions. But seriously, he’s dead. He is no longer doing anything bad.
We’re probably all in need of a little cheering up after today’s cricket. Let’s take a moment to appreciate the somewhat lighter side of the debates raging across the country’s campuses.
The Cecil John Rhodes protests are set to continue this week and we have found some of the reasons why people are pretty worked up over the matter.
The latest actions of protesters at UCT have really riled some students and things on campus are really reaching a boiling point.
Things are heating up in Grahamstown as the outrage over the UCT Cecil John Rhodes statue has seen students at Rhodes University come together to fight what they say is racism on campus.
UCT Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price has issued the entire student body and staff with a game plan regarding the Cecil John Rhodes statue issue.
I highly doubt Cecil John Rhodes ever anticipated being covered in human poo, yet it has happened. And these are supposed to be the educated kids.
UCT students took a break from staring at the mountain to gather in large numbers and demand the removal of one of the university’s iconic statues. Amandla.