Student protests ‘have nothing to do with fees’, Helen Zille says
THE ongoing Fees Must Fall protests have nothing to do with fees but more to do with power, Western Cape premier Helen Zille said on Monday.Speaking at the Cape Town press club during the launch of her autobiography, Zille said protesting students "do not want a resolution, but a revolution".Tensions continue to run high across several universities in the country as students intensify their campaign for a 0% fee increase across the board and, ultimately, free education. Protests at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), the University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of the Free State and Stellenbosch University turned violent on Monday as students engaged in running battles with the police.In September, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said that the protests had elements of a "colour revolution". The term "colour revolution" is generally used to describe a series of protests that succeeded in overthrowing post-communist governments in the 2000s.Zille said: "(The protests) have...
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