Rhodes must fall
Rhodes will not fall: Oxford college says statue will stay
Oriel College voted last year in favour of removing the statue but said it would now not do so due to "regulatory and financial challenges".
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UK colonialist Rhodes has fallen in his home town as museum changes its name
The Rhodes Art Complex will become South Mill Arts following calls to stop glorifying an imperialist who annexed swathes of southern Africa as part of the British empire and paved the way for racial segregation in South Africa.
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Rhodes will go - Oxford college backs statue removal
Oriel College said it also wanted to set up an independent inquiry into the "key issues" surrounding the statue of the Victorian mining tycoon.
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[BOOK EXTRACT] Turning and turning: tackling symbols of black pain
Judith February looks at debates around statues and artefacts which symbolise institutionalised racism.
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'The Fall': A play about when Cecil John Rhodes fell
As youth month winds to an end, South Africans have been reminded of the role of young people in galvanising change in the play showing now at the State Theatre.
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UCT workers plan strike for better employment conditions
The Fees Must Fall Movement stands in solidarity with workers and is expected to participate in demonstrations.
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UCT presses charges against Rhodes Must Fall activists
The students were charged after they entered the Bremnar administration block three weeks ago.
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OPINION: Decolonising the curriculum: it’s time for a strategy
Suellen Shay says without a clear strategy, the curriculum will look no different in 2020 than in 2016.
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UCT Trans Collective storms Rhodes Must Fall gallery launch
A group known as The Trans Collective stormed the Rhodes Must Fall exhibition at UCT's lower campus yesterday in protest of their exclusion from the movement.
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#UCT to remain on high alert amid students protests
UCT vice-chancellor Max Price says management will seek to deploy private security to maintain order.
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UCT management still working to resolve accommodation issues
Management earlier today briefed the media on yesterday's violent protests on campus.
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Eskom CEO’s son arrested in UCT protest
Brian Molefe would not comment on the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ movement and his son’s involvement.
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[GALLERY] Stun grenades & torched vehicles... welcome to #Shackville
Students protesting for affordable accomodation at UCT were dispersed by private security & police.
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#UCT students arrested in overnight protests out on bail
The students were taken into custody when protests over a shortage of student accommodation turned ugly.
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#UCT: Vice-chancellor's office petrol bombed in overnight protests
Violent protests erupted last night over a shortage of student accommodation.
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Protesting UCT students burn historic paintings, refuse to leave
They accused UCT of favouring white students over their black counterparts when allocating residence rooms.
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Protest underway at UCT over housing for black students
Some disgruntled students have erected a shack against the backdrop of the Jameson Hall.
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OPINION: Quest to tear down statues over racism is intellectually vapid
John Lloyd says statues erected to commemorate should remain to spur reflection, and criticism.
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Oxford Union backs students over removal of Rhodes statue
Students at the Oxford Union voted to remove the statue of Cecil John Rhodes.
