SA is in a crisis 22 years after the advent of democracy. The crisis has an obvious expression in the #FeesMustFall movement led by university students towards the end of 2015 and in 2016. The students are the first of the "born-free" generation to reach tertiary education. The demand for free education should not be a surprise. The determination and anger of many students has plunged the universities into a deep crisis, and now in the exam season, it is not certain that all will be able to complete the academic year. At Wits University, students have gone into exam halls with police stationed outside and some exams will take place in the new year. Underlying issues have not been resolved. Unless a serious effort is made to attend to them, the protests will continue in 2017, with potentially even more serious conflict looming. The consequences of the loss of an academic year could be very serious for the economy, as a significant cohort of graduates fail to qualify and enter the job...
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