South African National Parks confirmed that the bust of the 19th-century colonialist Cecil John Rhodes at Rhodes Memorial has been vandalised. TheCapeArgus
Cape Town - The statue of 19th-century colonialist Cecil John Rhodes at Rhodes Memorial has been beheaded.
According to Rey Thakhuli, acting head of communications for the South African National Parks : “The head of the statue was cut from the bust with what seems to be an angle grinder somewhere between Sunday night or the early hours of Monday morning.
SAPS spokesperson Andrè Traut said a case was reported at Rondebosch police station on Tuesday and is currently under investigation. “This office can confirm that a malicious damage to property case was reported on 14 July 2020 after it was discovered that the Cecil John Rhodes statue at Rhodes Memorial had been vandalised. The circumstances surrounding the matter are being investigated and no one has been arrested as yet.”
Recently, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the US, a local group calling themselves the Black People’s National Crisis Committee,Committee convener Songezo Maziz said: “These monuments are an insult to black people, who still have to deal with the material and psychological repercussions of the settler colonial conquest.”Do you have something on your mind; or want to comment on the big stories of the day? We would love to hear from you.
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