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President Cyril Ramaphosa.Image: GCIS
PAST OPPRESSORS

In Quotes| Ramaphosa throws weight behind relocating statues ‘glorifying’ apartheid

President Cyril Ramaphosa has thrown his weight behind the removal of statues and monuments of past oppressors. During a virtual address on Heritage Day, Ramaphosa said any symbol, monument or activity that glorifies racism has no place…

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Members of the Black People’s National Crisis Committee protest in front of parliament for the removal of a statue of Louis Botha, first prime minister of the Union of SA.Image: Esa Alexander
BUTHELEZI

Buthelezi slams ‘infantile obsession’ with removing colonial and apartheid statues

Former IFP leader Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has warned against the removal of statues of colonial and apartheid leaders, saying doing so would be akin to wiping out part of SA’s history. Buthelezi, the leader of the IFP caucus in…

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