The University of Cape Town has suspended the black student activist who threw ‘human excrement’ on the statue of Cecil John Rhodes, for threatening to assault a white woman lecturer on 1 May and stating: “”We must not listen to … Read the rest
Tag: Cecil John Rhodes
Mugabe defends Rhodes
Zimbabwean youths were stopped yesterday from digging up the remains of Cecil Rhodes from his grave in the Matopos Hills, just outside Bulawayo.
The Zanu-PF youths assembled at the party’s Bulawayo offices, from which they intended to go to the … Read the rest
Cecil John Rhodes’ days are numbered
After a week of student protest, UCT vice-chancellor Max Price has given up on the statue of colonial war criminal and génocidaire Cecil John Rhodes. Price says it should be moved from its “pride of place, at the focal point … Read the rest
Covering Cecil John Rhodes in black poo
Chumani Maxwele threw human faeces at the statue of Cecil John Rhodes at the University of Cape Town on Monday in order to eradicate the white liberal scourge he says.
“It is not about me; it is about change. We … Read the rest
Queen Georgina and the Holocaust card
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I must admit that I did not expect Georgina Guedes to do it. But then, maybe I underestimated the impact my column had on her. For … Read the rest
Britten’s indifference
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One very positive side-effect of the Red October protest was that it aired the stale house of the MSM in Mandelatopia. This breath of fresh air made … Read the rest