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Wits
students embark on a protest over an increase on the tuition fees on October
14, 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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South Africa’s biggest
universities have been affected by student protests over rising tuition fees
that have spread from Wits to the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Rhodes
University. Students
at Rhodes University have this morning blocked all entrances to the university.
Management is meeting some students and SRC representatives this morning.
Rhodes
SRC president Zikisa Maqubela says protesters are demanding lower fees and a
cut to the proposed 50 percent increase in the initial minimum payment, which
they’ve described as “exclusionary fees”.
