It all began when the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) proposed a 10.5% hike in fees for 2016. The students retaliated, saying most of South Africa’s youth can’t afford tertiary education and this problem would only get worse. Soon, students at the University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Stellenbosch, University of Johannesburg (UJ), University of Pretoria and the University of KwaZulu-Natal joined Wits in protest. It became a national movement. Students around the world want the answer to who will foot the bill – clearly they don’t want to.
