Student protest movements have risen up across South African campuses focussing on issues of transformation, as well as issues of funding, in the higher education sector.

One of the more controversial moments in the movement’s history was the burning of paintings during a protest at UCT in early 2016. Graeme (sic) Dominy looks at the challenges this poses to freedom of expression and the South African art world against the backdrop of rising nationalist sentiments.

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