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	Celibacy experiments		===Celibacy experiments===
	Gandhi believed that true brahmacharya meant one could "lie naked with women, however beautiful they may be, without being in any manner sexually excited." He invited young women to share his bed in what he described as spiritual experiments or experiments in brahmacharya. Among those women was his own grandniece Manu Gandhi. When Vallabhbhai Patel wrote to Gandhi telling him the practice was immoral, Gandhi responded: "For me Manu sleeping with me is a matter of dharma."<ref name="WagingNonviolence67"/><ref name="Roberts2067"/><ref name="MyNation2018">{{Cite web \|title=Was Gandhi's experiments with celibacy not akin to sexually exploiting women? \|work=MyNation \|date=2 October 2018 \|url=https://www.mynation.com/news/mahatma-gandhi-sexual-experiments-manuben-celibacy-brahmacharya-sex-life-unusual-pfyoaz \|access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref><ref name="MadrasCourier2023b">{{Cite web \|title=Gandhi: A Sexually Repressed Pervert? \|work=Madras Courier \|date=9 March 2023 \|url=https://madrascourier.com/biography/gandhi-a-sexually-repressed-pervert/ \|access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref>		Gandhi believed that true brahmacharya meant one could "lie naked with women, however beautiful they may be, without being in any manner sexually excited." He invited young women to share his bed in what he described as spiritual experiments or experiments in brahmacharya. Among those women was his own grandniece Manu Gandhi. When Vallabhbhai Patel wrote to Gandhi telling him the practice was immoral, Gandhi responded: "For me Manu sleeping with me is a matter of dharma."<ref name="WagingNonviolence67"/><ref name="Roberts2067"/><ref name="MyNation2018">{{Cite web \|title=Was Gandhi's experiments with celibacy not akin to sexually exploiting women? \|work=MyNation \|date=2 October 2018 \|url=https://www.mynation.com/news/mahatma-gandhi-sexual-experiments-manuben-celibacy-brahmacharya-sex-life-unusual-pfyoaz \|access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref><ref name="MadrasCourier2023b">{{Cite web \|title=Gandhi: A Sexually Repressed Pervert? \|work=Madras Courier \|date=9 March 2023 \|url=https://madrascourier.com/biography/gandhi-a-sexually-repressed-pervert/ \|access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref>

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	In 2003 in South Africa, campaigners protesting against a new statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg, branded him a racist who "viewed black people as lazy savages who were barely human".<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, the statue—believed to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised with white paint during protests by a group carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident,<ref name="auto14" /> borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref>{{rs}} One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />		In 2003 in South Africa, campaigners protesting against a new statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg, branded him a racist who "viewed black people as lazy savages who were barely human".<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, the statue—believed to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised with white paint during protests by a group carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident,<ref name="auto14" /> borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref>{{rs\|date=September 2026}} One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />

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	In 2003 in South Africa, campaigners protesting against a new statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg, branded him a racist who "viewed black people as lazy savages who were barely human".<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, the statue—believed to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised by white paint during protests by a group carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident,<ref name="auto14" /> borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref>{{rs}} One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />		In 2003 in South Africa, campaigners protesting against a new statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg, branded him a racist who "viewed black people as lazy savages who were barely human".<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, the statue—believed to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised with white paint during protests by a group carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident,<ref name="auto14" /> borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref>{{rs}} One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />

	===Ghana===		===Ghana===

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South Africa: doesn't support 2nd part … source is not neutral or reliable

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	In 2003 in South Africa, campaigners protesting against a new statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg, branded him a racist who "viewed black people as lazy savages who were barely human".<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, the statue—believed to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised by white paint during protests by a group carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident, borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref>~~<ref name="auto14" />~~ One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />		In 2003 in South Africa, campaigners protesting against a new statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg, branded him a racist who "viewed black people as lazy savages who were barely human".<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, the statue—believed to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised by white paint during protests by a group carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident,<ref name="auto14" /> borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref>{{rs}} One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />

	===Ghana===		===Ghana===

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	In 2003 in South Africa, campaigners protesting against a new statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg, branded him a racist who "viewed black people as lazy savages who were barely human".<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, the statue—believed to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised by a group ~~who threw white paint on it and its surrounding plaques,~~ carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident, borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />		In 2003 in South Africa, campaigners protesting against a new statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg, branded him a racist who "viewed black people as lazy savages who were barely human".<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, the statue—believed to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised by white paint during protests by a group carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident, borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />

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South Africa: ce what exactly he is accused of

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	~~One of the earliest documented protests occurred in~~ 2003 in South Africa, ~~where~~ campaigners branded ~~Gandhi~~ a racist.<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, ~~a statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg—believed~~ to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised by a group who threw white paint on it and its surrounding plaques, carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident, borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />		In 2003 in South Africa, campaigners protesting against a new statue of Gandhi in Johannesburg, branded him a racist who "viewed black people as lazy savages who were barely human".<ref name="GuardianGandhi2003">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi branded as racist as Johannesburg honours freedom fighter \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=17 October 2003 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> In April 2015, the statue—believed to be the only one in the world depicting him as a young lawyer in court robes—was vandalised by a group who threw white paint on it and its surrounding plaques, carrying placards reading "Racist Gandhi Must Fall."<ref name="auto14">{{Cite news \|title=Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32287972 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="TribuneGandhi2015">{{Cite news \|title=Gandhi statue defaced in S Africa; vandal gets bail \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gandhi-statue-defaced-in-s-africa-vandal-gets-bail-67074/ \|newspaper=The Tribune \|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=7 June 2026}}</ref> The hashtag #GandhiMustFall circulated widely on South African social media in connection with the incident, borrowing language from the concurrent Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Desai \|first=Ashwin \|date=14 April 2019 \|title=The politics of ethical deception \|url=https://africasacountry.com/2019/04/the-politics-of-ethical-deception \|work=Africa is a Country \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> One man, Molese Maile, 21, was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Statue of Gandhi defaced \|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/statue-of-gandhi-defaced-1844041 \|newspaper=[[IOL]] \|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=8 June 2026}}</ref><ref name="auto14" /> The ANC condemned the vandalism while distancing itself from the protesters.<ref name="auto14" />

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