Report about Fees Must Fall protests at universities stirs up more debate
A report by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation leads to comments about gender, colour, police presence and the need for dialogue
A research report on student protests‚ published by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation‚ has stirred up a searing debate around gender and the Fees Must Fall movement. The report‚ #Hashtag: An analysis of the #FeesMustFall Movement at South African Universities‚ was launched on Thursday at a public seminar at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. The report carries research on the experiences of students at nine universities and reflects on Fees Must Fall violence‚ for which police carried much of the blame. "Overall‚ the report shows that violence increased when the police were called and stationed within university grounds‚" the report said. It also raised questions about why student protests — which are not new in post-apartheid SA — only caught the imagination of the public when they played out at historically white universities in 2015 and 2016. The centre’s executive director Nomfundo Mogapi said she was excited about the project‚ which drew on the voices on s...
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