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FILE: Paul Kruger and the four Burghers statue is just one of the many that have been defaced and caught in the transformation debate. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

Statue protest

A theme park for colonial statues on the cards

By Rahima Essop

Delegates discussed how to deal with colonial symbols and the 'transformation of the heritage landscape'.

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  • The statue of Queen Victoria was vandalised in Port Elizabeth on 10 April 2015. Picture: @Gerida via Twitter

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  • President Jacob Zuma laying wreaths at the grave site of the late Chris Hani after he declare it a heritage site on 10 April 2015. Picture: ANC Info Feed ‏@MyANC_.

    Zuma: Anger doesn't build a nation, it destroys it

    President Jacob Zuma on Friday gave his input to the statue debate at the unveiling of a new Chris Hani monument built in South Park Cemetery in Johannesburg on Friday.

    2604 days ago
  • The Louis Botha statue in Cape Town. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Activists deface Louis Botha statue outside Parliament

    It's the latest in a string of statues to be targeted by activists calling for the end of colonial statues.

    2605 days ago
  • A small group of Afrikaners protested the removal of a statue of Paul Kruger in Pretoria's Church square on 08 April 2015. Picture: Reinart Toperien/EWN

    Steve Hofmeyr says Kruger must stay

    A small group of Afrikaners, including singers Steve Hofmeyr and Sunette Bridges, protested against calls to remove a statue of Paul Kruger surrounded by the four 'burgers' in Pretoria's Church Square.

    2606 days ago
  • Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyer singing 'Die Stem' next to the Paul Kruger statue in Pretoria on 8 April 2015. Picture: Reinart Toerein/EWN.

    Steve Hofmeyr, Sunette Bridges defend Paul Kruger statue

    Hofmeyr says removal of statues of any historical figure would erase parts of South Africa’s history.

    2606 days ago
  • Johan Willemse of the Red October movement stands chained to the statue of Jan van Riebeeck in Cape Town to protest the vandalism of monuments across the country on 8 April 2015. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Afrikaner groups wade into statue debate

    A small group of demonstrators gathered in Cape Town on Wednesday to voice their anger about recent attempts to excise monuments of historical figures.

    2606 days ago
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