South Africa denounces figures of its colonial past by vandalizing statues
14 April 2015 5:36 PM IST
South Africa denounces figures of its colonial past by vandalizing statues
Excrement thrown at the statue of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes began a wave of vandalizing protests in South Africa. Memorials to South Africa's colonial past were defaced by mainly young black protesters, as statues of British monarchs- While the string of protests has sparked a national debate about how to remember South Africa's troubled past, another question about the statues is gaining ground in the country: Who's next?
- Several people have been arrested and local authorities have spent thousands of dollars cleaning up the statues. The opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, has come out in support of its members who have claimed responsibility for these
- In the latest demonstration, vandals painted the figure of a young Mohandas Gandhi. Standing in the square in downtown Johannesburg named for Mahatma Gandhi, the memorial marks the Indian anti-colonial leader's time in South Africa, where he
- In the Free State province, a statue of Boer General Jan Fick was painted red in the town named after him in 1883, Ficksburg. Vandals poured paint over Scottish-South African missionary Andrew Murray's statue in the Western Cape. War memorials were
- Bernard Acho Muna, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic, CAR, speaks during a press conference in Geneva. Photo- AP
- Founding fathers of Afrikaner nationalism were also targeted. In Pretoria, the statue of 19th century Afrikaner leader Paul Kruger was painted green twice, while the statue of Marthinus Pretorius, who founded the capital city, was splashed with
Excrement thrown at the statue of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes began a wave of vandalizing protests in South Africa. Memorials to South Africa's colonial past were defaced by mainly young black protesters, as statues of British monarchs
South Africa denounces figures of its colonial past by vandalizing statues
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