article_snippet.sent: (CNN)A South African university is celebrating the removal of a British colonialist's statue after weeks of protests.
article_snippet.sent: University of Cape Town students took to social media  to demand Cecil Rhodes' statue come down, saying Cecil Rhodes' legacy is tainted with racism.
article_snippet.sent: University of Cape Town said Wednesday the heritage authority granted University of Cape Town permission to remove the statue from the campus.
article_snippet.sent: These steps are being taken to ensure the safety of the statue from the campus while matters concerning the statue from the campus future are resolved," University of Cape Town said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: Cecil Rhodes' statue was first unveiled in 1934 at the university, which also has a scholarship and memorial in Cecil Rhodes' name.
article_snippet.sent: Cecil Rhodes' represents the former colonial representation of this country -- supremacy, racism, misogyny," says Ramabina Mahapa, president of the students' Representative Council, which led the fight to remove Cecil Rhodes' statue.
article_snippet.sent: Cecil Rhodes' statue represents what is wrong with society.
article_snippet.sent: Days earlier,  Cecil Rhodes' statue was pelted with green paint.
article_snippet.sent: Students marked the removal of Rhodes' statue with a celebratory march.
article_snippet.sent: With a statue removed, some asked what's next for the movement.
highlights_snippet.sent: Cape Town students demand Cecil Rhodes' statue come down .
  