Lately there has been some social unrest on campus. Students are protesting racial injustice at UCT and demanding that the Rhodes statue be taken down. The Rhodes statue is situated just below the Jammie stairs overlooking the rugby fields.
The initial protest began with students throwing feces on the statue. Their idea was to do something drastic in order to start discussion about racial injustice. About 20 years ago, a similar protest took place.
It is a tricky situation because Rhodes established a lot of this area and started UCT, but in doing so he displaced and mistreated lots of people.
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