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Rhodes Must Fall was a protest movement that began on 9 March 2015, originally directed against a statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that commemorates Cecil Rhodes. The campaign for the statue's removal received global attention [2] [3] and led to a wider movement to "decolonise" education across South Africa.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa.Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub-Saharan Africa in continuous operation.
Uyinene " Nene " Mrwetyana [1] (20 April 2000 – 24 August 2019) [2] [3] was a South African student at the University of Cape Town. On August 24, 2019, she was raped and murdered in the suburb of Claremont, Cape Town. Her murder highlighted the broader national problem of gender based violence and femicide in South Africa, [4] [5] [6] and is ...
Arrested. see Arrests. The Mafeje affair [1] refers to anti-government protests by South African students in 1968 in response to a decision of the council of the University of Cape Town (UCT) to rescind anthropologist Archie Mafeje 's job offer for a senior lecturer position due to pressure from the South African apartheid government.
Apartheid / Civil rights / Activism. Robert F. Kennedy 's Day of Affirmation Address (also known as the "Ripple of Hope" Speech [1]) is a speech given to National Union of South African Students members at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on June 6, 1966, on the University's "Day of Reaffirmation of Academic and Human Freedom".
Africa Education Medal (2022) [3] Rosina Mamokgethi Phakeng GCOB OIG (née Mmutlana, born 1 November 1966) [4] is a South African [5] professor of mathematics education who in 2018 became a vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT). [6] [7] She has been the vice principal of research and innovation, at the University of South Africa ...
Founded. 1942. Headquarters. University of Cape Town. Website. www .varsitynewspaper .co .za. Varsity is the official student newspaper of the University of Cape Town (UCT), printed since 1942. [1]
1950. March through the streets of Cape Town by staff and students of UCT in protest against the Universities Bill – 7 June 1957. 1957–1959, June, the ruling National Party embarked on the destruction of academic freedom and the imposition of university apartheid. In June 1957, UCT students and staff marched through the streets of Cape Town ...