STUDENTS PROTESTING
#FeesMustFall was one of the hashtag that was trending on social networks. It
really had an effect to the country. It showed that students were in
a very strong mission of fighting for what they deserve without having to be
moved by anything and anyone. This movement started in mid-October 2015 due to a
rise in fees at the Universities. This movement was students’ way of
telling the government that higher education is very much expensive and it
becomes an issue for students and parents because they can't afford to pay for
tuition and students end up dropping out.
It started at the University of Witwatersrand and continued to the university of Cape Town and Rhodes before spreading to other universities across the country. This student protest became a topic to social networks and news as a whole, it was one of the most followed campaign in South Africa that people were even talking about. The #FeesMustFall protest was focused on the arise university fees, a number of factors formed the related for the protests from a nonexistence of funding for poorer students to attend universities, funding for higher education.
THE UNION BUILDING
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| students were burning things at Union building |
#FeesMustFall had a strong
influence around the country. Students marching all the way to Union building
to get the results from the president. Students couldn't wait any longer, they
wanted to know the results from the meeting they had in the Parliament. Students
were already starting destroying things. Burning toilets,
throwing stones, and breaking the parliament fence just to get in and
the
police were fighting back. Other students were even taken by the police for breaking things. But still, the students were not moved.
THE RIGHT TO FREE EDUCATION
There’s no free education in this country if young people can't further their studies just because they don’t have enough money to pay for university. Students are dropping out of varsities just because they can't afford to pay for their studies. I believe that education shouldn't be bought. It should be free to everyone, more especially young peo
BRANDS VIEWS
The student protest was really a big thing and people were supporting students because they also understood what students were going through. One of the brand that supported students is, Zaleb- SA fashion, the fashion runway is for showcasing good-looking clothes but on the 22nd of October models were walking on the ramp holding banners written #FeesMustFall.
