Pretoria, South Africa - In just over a week, a handful of students managed to mobilize #FeesMustFall. The
movement protests the 10-15 percent school fee increases for the 2016
academic year and the threat it presents of financial exclusion. The
organisers plan to continue the struggle through the
#FreeEducationForAll twitter campaign.
the country into a nationwide movement which became known as
Thousands of students from most provinces in South Africa took to the
streets, organizing sit-ins and marching in the rain and scorching sun.
They see the fee increase as a noose that condemns them to a lifetime
of debt. Many students find themselves in a precarious position of not
being poor enough to qualify for National Student Financial Aid schemes,
and not being wealthy enough to afford the rise in university fees.
On Wednesday, October 21, students from all around the Western Cape
gathered outside the South African Parliament in anticipation of
Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande's speech after his meeting
with multiple university councils.
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