The statue of ANC activist Gert Sibande in central Bethal (South Africa) has had a paint job done on it (but not in a good way).Nope, vandals went and painted him white. Mission accomplished,they got the reaction they were looking for. Mpumalanga premier Thabang Makwetla angrily declared “I wish to condemn in the strongest possible terms the vandalisation and defacing of the newly erected statue. These are acts of remnants of racism [and] white supremacy who must be isolated and defeated,”.Sibande was an African National Congress activist and a leader of the farm labourers who initiated the potato boycott 1958.

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It seems the poor old 7ft ant sculpture, which was installed in Market Square, Portsmouth, has been vandalized again. Police Sgt. Kuffer Kaltenborn noticed that the ant had white antennae as he went to get his Starbucks fix. Nathan Walker, the sculpture, was notified about the recent attack. I bet he was relieved it was only white pint, last time the ant was decapitated by Theodore “Teddy” Mottola. “Teddy” was fined $500 ,had to perform 25 hrs of community service and publish a letter of apology for his troubles.Watch out who ever did the latest act. If caught you are going to be charged with a Class A misdemeanor count of criminal mischief/vandalism. Don’t mess with no ants in Portsmouth.

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What is a Brisbane council to do when a vandal goes and paints the vagina on a woman statue pink? Remove it quick. The poor old council was already under fire for having the controversial statue (which depicts a naked woman lying in a fetal position with her genitals exposed) erected in a park near Brisbane. Antone Bruinsma’s Birth of Venus, which was commissioned by the former Caboolture Shire, was deemed “offensive to women” by the new amalgamated one. So I guess they were rather pleased that someone went and dolloped the privates in bright pink. It wouldn’t be a council member now would it ?
Evidently attempts to clean the paint off failed. Pity the fool that got that job!So the council made an executive decision to remove the sculpture completely from the park, as they believe it will be a sitting duck for future graffiti artists and vandals. Hmm the artist’s respond to the council throwing naked pink lady into storage “I feel it’s insulting to women to remove a vulva because of somebody’s attitude.”

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