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Statue of Cecil Rhodes removed from UCT and land he donated.
[Breitbart London] A statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town has been removed after students launched an uncompromising campaign to have the great man expunged from history.The statue of the British businessman, mining magnate, philanthropist and politician has stood in the grounds of the university since the 1920s. Rhodes donated the land on which the institution is built and provided much of its initial wealth. Protesters threw red paint on the bronze and danced on the plinth as the statue was lifted off on Friday. "It was a symbol of institutionalized racism," said Ramahiba Mahapha, the leader of students' representative council. Students began a hashtag campaign (#Rhodesmustfall) earlier in the year and have repeatedly vandalized the monument with spray paint and buckets of human excrement, forcing the university management to board it up in March. Rhodes is the first to go. Next is die 'oud Krokodil' Paul Kruger standbeel (statue). Posted by: Besoeker 2015-04-10 |
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