Zuid-Afrika ontdoet zich van zijn koloniale verleden. Na 87 jaar gaat het standbeeld van de Britse imperialist Cecil Rhodes van zijn sokkel, na een wekenlange bezetting door studenten van de Universiteit van Kaapstad:
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...e-removed-after-UCT-council-decision-20150408
http://gumshoenews.com/2015/04/10/rhodes-statue-defaced-with-sewage-university-removes-statue/
Rhodes was o.a. verantwoordelijk voor de uiterst vuile diamanthandel in Afrika en het huidige Zimbabwe was eerst naar hem vernoemd (Rhodesie):
http://hubpages.com/hub/Short-Biography-of-Cecil-Rhodes
Twee weken geleden schreef iemand dit in reactie op bovenstaand artikel:
Kind of funny that i am seeing this now. In Cape Town, at the University of Cape Town (UCT) there is this huge uproar about moving the Rhodes statue. Students say Rhodes was a racist, "scumbag" who made his fortune off the sufferings of locals. They say he should not be honoured in South Africa as he is a reminder of imperliasm and the oppression of the black majority. Some students threw poo at the statue and they have it covered up in plastic bags...they also say it represents the highly racial nature of affairs at UCT and Cape Town in general,
Helemaal mee eens! Ook de standbeelden van Paul Kruger en Louis Botha stuiten op veel verzet:
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Voortrekker-Monument-willing-to-take-Kruger-statue-20150409
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Louis-Botha-statue-outside-Parliament-defaced-20150409
Mike
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...e-removed-after-UCT-council-decision-20150408
http://gumshoenews.com/2015/04/10/rhodes-statue-defaced-with-sewage-university-removes-statue/
Rhodes was o.a. verantwoordelijk voor de uiterst vuile diamanthandel in Afrika en het huidige Zimbabwe was eerst naar hem vernoemd (Rhodesie):
http://hubpages.com/hub/Short-Biography-of-Cecil-Rhodes
Twee weken geleden schreef iemand dit in reactie op bovenstaand artikel:
Kind of funny that i am seeing this now. In Cape Town, at the University of Cape Town (UCT) there is this huge uproar about moving the Rhodes statue. Students say Rhodes was a racist, "scumbag" who made his fortune off the sufferings of locals. They say he should not be honoured in South Africa as he is a reminder of imperliasm and the oppression of the black majority. Some students threw poo at the statue and they have it covered up in plastic bags...they also say it represents the highly racial nature of affairs at UCT and Cape Town in general,
Helemaal mee eens! Ook de standbeelden van Paul Kruger en Louis Botha stuiten op veel verzet:
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Voortrekker-Monument-willing-to-take-Kruger-statue-20150409
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Louis-Botha-statue-outside-Parliament-defaced-20150409
Mike