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A group of University of Cape Town students in South Africa say they will continue occupying one of the buildings at the institution until management gives them a definite date when the statue of British Colonialist, Cecil John Rhodes, will be removed. The group of around 30 people has been camping out at the Bremner building, since Friday afternoon. They had initially indicated that their sit-in would be for the duration of the weekend. In a campaign, now known as "Rhodes Must Fall", there has been the throwing of faeces at the statue and calls by students at Rhodes University in Grahamstown for a name change. To discuss the situation, we have Chumani Maxwele , a Cape Town student involved in the protest, and Benjamin Fogel a freelance Journalist and former Rhodes Student: