article_snippet.sent: White solidarity groups in South Africa are protesting over the removal of a statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes from University of Cape TownCape Town.
article_snippet.sent: The monument of the controversial historical figure is set to removed today, after South Africa oldest university voted to ditch The monument of the controversial historical figure following a month of protests against the statue from the campus.
article_snippet.sent: Members of the university council ordered that the bronze sculpture was removed, after hearing the bronze sculpture presence made black students feel uncomfortable and was seen a symbol of historical white oppression .
article_snippet.sent: the statue from the campus British colonialist Cecil Rhodes is tied by straps to a crane before the statue from the campus removal at University of Cape TownCape Town.
article_snippet.sent: the statue from the campus follows weeks of protests at University of Cape Town the statue from the campus .
article_snippet.sent: The monument of the controversial historical figure has not yet been decided where The monument of the controversial historical figure will be moved .
article_snippet.sent: The government has backed the move, and Sandile Memela, the spokesman for the arts and culture ministry, said the arts and culture ministry are working to see if the country can take an ‘official position’ on statues and other colonial symbols.
article_snippet.sent: But the decision to move the monument of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes – a 19th century imperialist who critics say helped pave the way for apartheid – has sparked protests in apartheid –.
article_snippet.sent: the university's council heard that black students felt uncomfortable because of the monument of Rhodes – .
article_snippet.sent: It has not been decided where the statue of Rhodes will end up, although the statue of Rhodes will likely be held in a museum.
highlights_snippet.sent: University of Cape Town voted to remove the statue from the campus .
  