Queen Victoria's Graffiti Face

10 March 2010

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Graffiti was daubed on the statue of the monarch in Port Elizabeth, with slogans including 'Goudka Europe', meaning go home in the local Xhosa language.

A spokesperson for the local council, Kupido Baron, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "It happened last Thursday evening. We have clear CCTV footage of what happened and we have passed it over to the police.

"I wouldn't like to speculate as to the motive for the attack and would not like to jeopardize the police investigation."

I wouldn't like to speculate as to the motive for the attack and would not like to jeopardize the police investigation.

Speculation has arisen that the attack may have come as a result of South Africa's president Jacob Zuma suffering media pressure about his polygamous lifestyle while on a recent visit to the UK.

Discussing the British attitude to alternative cultures on his visit, Jacob said: "When the British came to our country, they said everything we are doing was barbaric, was wrong, inferior in whatever way.

"And I don't know why they are continuing thinking that their culture is more superior than others, those who might have said so."

However Jackie Barclay, the Honorary British Consul in the South African city, claimed the two should not be linked.

She said: "I know some people are trying to link it to president Zuma's visit to Britain but they're putting two and two together and getting 25."

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