Lynsey Chutel, Associated PressStudentsSouth Africa: Protesting Students Torch University BuildingsJOHANNESBURG ― Students were ordered on Thursday to abandon a South African university, leaving behind charred, smoldering buildings after protests turned violent. North-West University said protesting students burned an administration building and science center at the campus in Mahikeng (also called Mafikeng) on Wednesday night. Student protests have erupted across South Africa, often aimed at […]February 25, 2016Faculty & StaffSouth African University Removes Statue of ColonialistHundreds of South African students cheered loudly Thursday as a crane lifted the decades-old statue of a British colonialist — celebrating the end of what they described as a symbol of White privilege.April 9, 2015Page 1 of 1