#FeesMustFall
21 March 2016 |By Ntshabeng Motinyane
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| Students guarded at the Union Building |
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| Students from Sarafina Movie protesting |
The stories I have heard and seen on social media could fill a book but there two particular hashtags #FeesMustFall (Background of FeesMustFall) and #RhodesMustFall (Background about RhodesMustFall) caused me to lose sleep these stories plagued my mind for far too long writing this out in my sickly level best to make a sensation of something my sober mind refuses to perceive. The fees must fall protest started in 2015 by a group of students who felt that their rights of studying and actually building themselves brighter futures was taken for granted. Students across the country have shaken the country this ended year in their declining of fees increment, For me this entire grounding took me back when I used watch Sarafina (Sarafina the Movie), whereby students were fighting for their education in the movie police “mellow yellow” would pick the students up line by line they would enter the vans peaceful knowing very well there was more to come, in my perspective this was the highlight of student activism across the country in the year 2015.
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| Students protesting |
The good that came out of this protest is that negotiations were made and there was no fee increment for the following year. Organizations were by touched by this whole issue whereby they started contributing nor donating certain amounts to help students that were struggling to settle their fees.(Students getting help) Something good came out of this protest and finally students voice was heard.
The Bad that came out of this protest as a whole is Institution’s property was damaged, students got arrested and some students got injure d during the protest.
I think this whole issue could have been handled more differently maybe if Minister of higher education would have called at least a press release stating what is the way forward Before things got out of hand solutions could have been made and addressed to fellow students. Minister of higher education’s public relations team could have posted more about the protest to show that they took it seriously.(Blade Nzimande should have been more civil)
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| Minister of higher education Blade Nzimande |
FeeS must fall is the greatest movement by far hey,I love that students are taking a stand for the future and education. THIS MOVEMENT HAS SHOWN THE STRENGTH OF STUDENTS
ReplyDeleteI agree with you neilwe, I'm glad I took part in the #feesmustfall movement, even though our own president and Blade nzimande did not take us serious but we continued to fight for what belongs to us.
DeletePhambili nge Free education phambile!!!
DeleteThis shows we not just a messed youth we also care about our futures #FeesMustFall
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DeleteThat is why I said our Government structure must fall we can not have such leaders leading us in a wrong
DeleteWe now can study without worrying about Fees, Fees have fallen. Thank you to all those who have participate on the protest , we didn't only do it for ourselves but also for the next generation......
ReplyDeleteI think it is sad that in 2015 we as students are still fighting for the right to education that are fathers and mothers fought for back in the days, But it is also good to see that we as students can stand together as one and show a united front.
ReplyDeleteThis movement is a great demonstration to the world that with UNITY we can achieve so much. #PowerToTheStudents
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