#FeesMustFall

                                             fighting for our future

            The fees must fall movement started in Wits University after the                                            University said that there would be an increase of 10.5% in fees in                                           the year 2016 Read more

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Hello everyone I’m sure that you are aware of the fees must fall protest but I want to give

you my personal thoughts on the matter. #feesmustfall was not only a movement done by students who are currently in Varsity, but big brands also joined the movement to show that they are also supporting the #Feesmustfall campaign. The DA spokes person on education Belinda Bazzoli said’’ higher education minister appears to be absent whenever the crunch comes and has done little to that is nothing to address even though he has been warned about it for years. Tumisha Masha a South African actor and also a Wits alumni took to Instagram and said’’ As a Wits alumni I pledge my support for the student protest. #Witsfeesmustfall no one should be denied higher education on the basis of finance''. Vice Chancellors of our Universities met recently to speak to both the president and Minister Blade Nzimande to let them know of the critical lack of funding for both the students and Varsities.

 A picture showing some of the students who were participating
 in the fees must fall campaign. source: CNN website

Big brands taking to the streets in order to support the students made the protest to trend all over the country. The fact that so many brands were behind the students gave them even more power to fight for what they believe in .Because the movement was trending all over the country, people in high chairs had now given the movement their full attention and are trying to come up with strategies in order to deal with the issue at hand with the students making it clear that they will not settle for anything else that the 

0% increase in fees. Although people in high power were trying to come up with strategies to amends the issue, the students felt like they are taking their time in dealing with the issue and all they want is 0% increase in fees and this made it look like the people within high power were not giving this matter the much needed attention it requires.

Students demand that Zuma does something about fees

Personally I recommend that the movement be more televised. The television was only showing old broadcasts of the movement and not what was really going on. Television has greater audience, impact and effect and using it will show everything as it happens when it happens so that people can have a good understanding of the intensity of #feesmustfall.