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The Union Buildings in Pretoria was designed by Sir Herbert Baker

An epidemic of heritage vandalism

The Union Buildings in Pretoria seem to have escaped the anger unleashed on "colonial monuments", unlike statues of Paul Kruger and Cecil John Rhodes.

South Africa needs a new kind of political activism to ensure that the defence of our democracy remains at the top of the sociopolitical agenda

Rhodes has fallen, now we must rise

Desiring change isn’t enough: this is how we want political thinking at university to be transformed.

Hair today: Women should challenge the misogynistic mullahs who demand they cover up.

Letters to the editor: April 10 to 16 2015

Readers voice their opinion on Qur’an rules, textbooks and statues.

The statue of Cecil John Rhodes is readied for its removal from UCT’s campus.

Heritage Council on back foot as Rhodes falls

Experts grapple with the vexed issue of how to deal with statues glorifying an oppressive past.

Steve Hofmeyr blames statue defacement on illiteracy

The controversial Afrikaans singer said illiteracy "has everything to do with" the defacement of historical statues.

EFF and ANC at odds over ‘offensive’ statues

The EFF has said the ruling party is too accommodating in its approach to the removal of symbols that glorify colonisation and apartheid.

Cecil John Rhodes epitomised the consolidation and expansion of white supremacy, corporate interests and state power.

We must show that we defeated apartheid

Symbols aren’t inanimate objects, they are powerful devices that must be removed if they pay homage to a dark and oppressive past, says Khaya Dlanga.

Julius Malema says the statue of Louis Botha outside Parliament ‘represents nothing of what a democratic South Africa stands for’. (David Harrison, M&G)

EFF and ANC at odds over ‘offensive’ statues

The EFF has said the ruling party is too accommodating in its approach to the removal of symbols that glorify colonisation and apartheid.

Protests for transformation in South African universities have been gaining support from universities around the world.

Colonialist statues are a mote in varsity students’ eyes

South African student leaders explain the movement to wipe Eurocentricism off the face of their campuses.