Chumani Maxwele

Chumani Maxwele
Nationality South African
Occupation social activist
Known for Rhodes Must Fall protest

Chumani Maxwele is a South African political science student and social activist.

Maxwele first gained prominence in 2010 after his wrongful arrest and interrogation for allegedly giving the finger to the presidential motorcade convoy in Cape Town city traffic.[1] Following on this incident, the FW de Klerk Foundation's Centre for Constitutional Rights lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission, arguing that members of the Presidential Special Protection Unit violated Maxwele's human rights as enshrined in the South African Constitution.

Following an investigation, the Commission found that the following among Maxwele's rights had been violated during his wrongful arrest: Human Dignity (Section 10); Freedom and Security of the Person (Section 12); Privacy (Section 14); Freedom of Expression and peaceful/unarmed demonstration (Sections 16 & 17); Political Choice (Section 19) and the Rights of Detained Persons (Section 35).[2]

In March 2015 Maxwele ignited a vigorous national debate about post-apartheid racial transformation by hurling human faeces at a prominent statue of Cecil John Rhodes on the University of Cape Town's Rondebosch campus.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Moaga, Vincent (7 July 2011). "Chumani Maxwele's rights were violated - SAHRC". politicsweb. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Moaga, Vincent (7 July 2011). "Chumani Maxwele's rights were violated - SAHRC". politicsweb. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Pitso, Smillie & Louw (19 March 2015). "'Rhodes rage' shifts up a gear". Times Live. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
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