Chumani Maxwele, the student who doused the Cecil John Rhodes statue in human faeces in protest, claims his suspension from the University of Cape Town (UCT) is politically motivated. “It’s a matter of politics,” he told News24 on Monday. “We [are] dealing with a political problem at UCT. We are[…]
UCT students who were involved in an occupation of the universitys administrative building have vacated the premises, with one student saying the group wanted to avoid litigation processes after being served a court order. On Friday, News24 reported that a group of between 50-70 University of Cape Town (UCT) students[…]
UCT students involved in the occupation of UCT’s administrative building want to continue their stay at the Bremner building, despite being ordered by university management to vacate the premises on Friday. UCT student Mbali Matandela told News24 on Thursday that the approximately 70 students involved in the occupation movement want[…]
The statue of Cecil John Rhodes made an unceremonious exit from the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Thursday evening as students pelted it with paint and rubbish. A crane had lifted the statue off its pedestal at 17:37 to much applause and singing. It took about 10 seconds and[…]
About 2000 students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) gathered on upper campus to watch the final moments of the Cecil John Rhodes statue, before it was removed. This ends a month long campaign by what was called the Rhodes Must Fall movement to have colonial era monument moved[…]
After nearly a month of protesting, sit-ins and relentless meetings, the statue of Cecil John Rhodes will finally be removed, University of Cape (UCT) Vice Chancellor Max Price announced on Wednesday evening. The Rhodes Must Fall debate gained momentum in March after UCT students threw faeces on the statue, situated[…]
The fate of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes on the University of Cape Town’s upper campus will be decided on Wednesday, with the institution’s Council set to act on a recommendation by the university’s Senate that the statue be moved. On March 27, the university said in a statement[…]
UCT Vice Chancellor Dr Max Price has called on the students of the university to participate in the process surrounding the proposed removal of the Cecil John Rhodes statue present on the campus, Netwerk24 reported on Friday. In a statement released on Friday, Price asked students who feel comfortable with[…]
Cape Town – Last Friday, the University of Cape Town Senate passed a motion in favour of removing the controversial statue of Cecil John Rhodes currently standing on the universitys upper campus. While the final decision on the monuments status still requires one last sitting of a special council on[…]
As the debate surrounding the Cecil John Rhodes statue at University of Cape Town (UCT) heats up, a research fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation and former Rhodes scholarship recipient has recommended the statue be reclaimed, and made more reflective of the controversial figure’s history. The statue, the subject of[…]
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