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‘Our sacrifices were in vain’ - Mcebo Dlamini slams ANC, Malema amid student protests Updated Jacaranda FM Share this: Former student leader and Fees Must Fall activist Mcebo Dlamini says he’s hurt by the scenes that unfolded at Wits University on Wednesday. The ongoing student protests at the university escalated to the point where a 35-year-old man was allegedly shot by police in Braamfontein.
While tyres were burning and rocks blockaded the busy Braamfontein street, law enforcement unloaded numerous roads of rubber bullets on students who scattered and took refuge in nearby shops and buildings. ....
Police watchdog, IPID, says a 35-year-old bystander who died during an ongoing protest by Wits students was husband and father, Mthokozisi Edwin Ntumba. ....
South Africa s Wits University Students Are Protesting Rising Debt and Education Costs Over 8,000 university students are being financially excluded from the 2021 academic year. Why Global Citizens Should Care South Africa s young people have been fighting for the right to equal, affordable education since 1976, and what each of their protests have in common is that lives have been lost for a basic human right. The UN’s Global Goal 4 works to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Join us in taking action to support equal education Students at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa, are protesting over the financial exclusion of students with historic debts. The protests were met with police resistance on Wednesday that resulted in the death of one person. ....
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has confirmed that its probe into the death of a man during the Wits student protest will start on Wednesday. ....