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| Statue of Cecil Rhodes removed from UCT and land he donated. |
| 2015-04-10 |
| [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 |
| #5 Really should have left long before; the writing was on the wall. As for Rhodes... Mark Twain: "I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake" |
| Posted by: James 2015-04-10 23:38 |
| #4 'White refugees' If you're of British or Dutch heritage, it is very difficult to become a South African American. Unless you wed a native, plan on extensive immigration lawyer fees. Not a user-friendly process I assure you. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-04-10 17:02 |
| #3 Zimbabwe Part II You think the Beltway would accept 'white' refugees? Nah, me neither. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-04-10 16:37 |
| #2 Abandon Country. Get to the exits... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-04-10 15:20 |
| #1 University? We don't need no stinkin' university! |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-04-10 13:18 |