Oxford Union votes Rhodes must fall

Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 14:16
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Oxford Union votes Rhodes must fall
Students at the Oxford Union, a prestigious debating society, have voted to remove the statue of Cecil John Rhodes following fierce debate on the topic last night.
NATIONAL NEWS - Students at the Oxford Union, a prestigious debating society, have voted to remove the statue of Cecil John Rhodes following fierce debate on the topic last night.

Organisers of the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ movement at Oxford have been campaigning for the removal of the statue from Oriel College in the United Kingdom.

It is an extension of a similar campaign that resulted in the University of Cape Town removing a statue of Rhodes from its prominent position on the institution's main campus last year.

Oxford student and activist Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh says the movement has secured a symbolic victory.
 

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