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Teargas, bleeding knees and burning tyres: A day in the protest for free higher education
16 Mar 2021
Students continue to protest over university fees on March 15, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Students took to the streets of Johannesburg early on Monday to continue their protests about fees as 26 universities across SA braced for a national shutdown. Students, countrywide, demonstrated demanding that those who are in debt be allowed to register and that historical debt be wiped out. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Tailing the students are a police nyala and water cannon.
“At least abekho violent,” says one of the learners as they walk past.