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DURBAN. — President Jacob Zuma’s son Edward Zuma, who expressed a strong anti-foreigner sentiment on Wednesday, has called for the blanket removal of all colonial statues.
Zuma told News24 that he supported the drive to replace the statue of colonialist Cecil John Rhodes at the University of Cape Town (UCT), as well as that of King George V at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
“Black people need to stop being apologetic about their history,” insisted Zuma, who is the president’s eldest son.
“I am fully behind the social movement. The King George V statue needs to go. The colonialist time is long gone. At the University of Cape Town they need to put a statue of a black struggle stalwart and at (the) University of KwaZulu-Natal they need to put a statue of King Shaka Zulu,” suggested Zuma.
The statue of King George V, situated on the Howard College Campus, was defaced on Friday last week. The statue, which stands outside the Howard College Building, was splattered with white paint and graffiti. It was reported that the words “end white privilege” were written on the statue.
The defacing followed a protest at UCT over the Rhodes statue on the university’s upper campus. The statue has occupied a prominent spot at UCT for more than 80 years. — News24.
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