NEWS: 'Rhodes rage' shifts up a gear

After a week of student protest, the UCT vice-chancellor has given the clearest indication yet that he believes the controversial statue of Rhodes should be moved from its "pride of place, at the focal point of the campus".



But this will do little to quell the spread of protests against lack of transformation to other campuses.
Using the hashtag #Rhodes SoWhite, students in Grahamstown yesterday staged a demonstration about the slow pace of transformation and lack of inclusiveness at Rhodes University.

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