#Feesmustfall protests in Pretoria

October 27, 2015  /  Herman Verwey

Fees Must Fall (#FeesMustFall) is a student led protest movement that began in mid October 2015 in response to an increase in fees at South African universities. The protests also called for higher wages for low earning university staff who worked for private contractors such as cleaning services and campus security and for them to be employed directly by universities. Protests started at the University of Witwatersrand and spread to the University of Cape Town and Rhodes University before rapidly spreading to other universities across the country.

Thousands of students marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday the 23rd of October 2015. At first the march was peaceful but turned violent when students and police clashed.  President Jacob Zuma later announced that there will be a 0% increase for 2016. 



























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