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UCT's Rhodes statue to be removed at 17h00 today
09 Apr 2015
An end to assimilation, the right to self-determination
09 Apr 2015
SRC welcomes Council's decision to remove the Rhodes statue
The decision by Council to remove the statue of Cecil John Rhodes from campus is one that the Students’ Representative Council ‘wholeheartedly welcomes’.
08 Apr 2015
UCT Council votes in favour of removing Rhodes statue
Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, chairperson of UCT’s Council, issued the following statement regarding the status of the Rhodes statue, following a special sitting of Council on 8 April 2015.
08 Apr 2015
UCT and Heritage Western Cape's joint statement on the temporary removal of the Rhodes statue from upper campus
08 Apr 2015
Faster, more decisive transformation needed – Rod Solomons
UCT must move faster and more decisively to thoroughly transform the institution, says Advocate Rod Solomons.
08 Apr 2015
Convocation debates Rhodes and transformation
08 Apr 2015
UCT Convocation expresses views on Rhodes statue's future and broader transformation issues
07 Apr 2015
Opinion Piece: Professor Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass
Professor Jeremy Seekings, director of UCT's Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) and Nicoli Nattrass, a professor based in the CSSR, weigh in on the Rhodes debate and caution readers about the politics of pain. Their opinion piece first appeared on the GroundUp website on 31 March 2015.
06 Apr 2015
Leslie Bank debates the future of UCT's Rhodes statue
01 Apr 2015
UCT Academics Union statement on #RhodesMustFall
01 Apr 2015
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