Uct students protest against uct rhodes statue
UCT presses charges against Rhodes Must Fall activists
The students were charged after they entered the Bremnar administration block three weeks ago.
Student member of the Rhodes Must Fall movement, Alex Hendricks, from UCT discusses his reasons for joining the movement.
This includes renaming the Jameson Hall to the 'Marikana Memorial Hall'.
Four students are already facing charges for their involvement in the illegal occupation of Avenue House.
The students occupying the Mowbray building are calling for the 'radical decolonisation' of the university.
Public consultation on the permanent removal of the statue ends today at 5pm.
It’s believed the student in question is activist Chumani Maxwele who led Rhodes Must Fall campaign.
A group of students say the institution has been dragging its feet when it comes to transformation.
Allegations that the scholarship is to be scrapped have been doing the rounds for a few weeks.
Protestors had continued occupying the building even after the Rhodes statue was removed from campus.
Students have been occupying UCT since protests erupted as part of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign.
The 'Rhodes Must Fall' movement has vowed to keep pushing for change after the statue was removed yesterday.
The statue of Cecil John Rhodes has been removed from UCT's upper campus.
The Cecil John Rhodes statue at UCT is set to be removed at 5pm today after weeks of protests.
Hofmeyr says removal of statues of any historical figure would erase parts of South Africa’s history.
The UCT’s senate voted to remove the statue after a series of protests sparked debate around the country.
Organisers of the Two Oceans Marathon refuted claims they banished the Cecil John Rhodes statue from medals.
Police say at least 10 EFF members are alleged to have set the statue depicting an old SA soldier alight.
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