RMF students disrupt Kennedy anniversary event at UCT

04 June 2016 - 19:58
By Tmg Digital

Six Rhodes Must Fall members disrupted Saturday's celebration at the University of Cape Town marking the 50th anniversary of Robert F Kennedy's "Ripples of Hope" speech.Brandishing handwritten cardboard signs saying "UCT doesn't celebrate black icons" and "No to US hegemony"‚ the students entered Jameson Hall during a speech by Congressman John Lewis‚ a leader of the US Civil Rights movement‚ who encouraged audience members to create "good trouble".

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