It was 10 years ago (9th of March 2015) when Chumani Maxwele threw faeces on the statue of Cecil John Rhodes on the University of Cape Town's upper campus. This singular act gave birth to the #RhodesMustFall movement and became a catalyst for heightening the #FeesMustFall movement. This movement which remains active as thousands of students took to the streets last month to raise the same issues.

The movement was initially about the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes, a symbol that protesters felt was oppressive. The movement grew to encompass institutional racism, the lack of racial transformation at the university, access to tertiary education, and student accommodation. In this hour, we speak to two academics who have paid close attention to the progress and setbacks of the decolonization project in higher education since the start of the movement. We are joined by...

Guest: Professor Simphiwe Sesanti - Professor of Education at the University of the Western Cape

Guest: Prof. Mlamuli Hlatshwayo  - Associate Professor at the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education studies, at the University of Johannesburg.