Cecil John Rhodes statue at Rhodes Memorial. The bust of Cecil John Rhodes at Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town was cleaned on Thursday after the head of the bust was chopped off by unknown people earlier this week.The controversial statue made news again this week after SANParks confirmed that the head on the stone sculpture…
A case has been opened at the Rondebosch police station.The statue at Rhodes Memorial was found with its head missing on Monday.The SA National Park's regional spokesperson Lauren Howard-Clayton confirmed the incident of vandalism.Western Cape police are investigating a case of malicious damage to property after the head of a Cecil John Rhodes statue was…
A statue of Cecil John Rhodes was vandalised at Cape Town's Rhodes Memorial, with the head removed from the bust.The SA National Park's regional spokesperson, Lauren Howard-Clayton, confirmed to News24 that the statue had been vandalised this week, and that a case had been opened with the police."We did discover the vandalism of the statue.…
Cecil Afrika’s stellar career as an SA Sevens international has possibly come to an end.The flyhalf dropped down the pecking order in coach Neil Powell’s Blitzboks team after two injury-hampered seasons.Afrika is South Africa’s all-time leading points-scorer and is regarded as the country’s version of Fijian legend Waisale Serevi.South African Sevens star Cecil Afrika could…
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