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S Africa President intervenes to scrap university tuition hike

Protesting students tear down the Unoin Buildings fence as they clash with South African policemen during a protest against hikes in university fees on October 23, 2015 in Pretoria Universities around the country have been closed over the last week as students protested against the proposed fee rises, which they say would mean poorer black youths were unable to study for degrees. (AFP)

Hassen Seria
Press TV, Pretoria

After a week of protests and the shut-down of higher education institutions in South Africa, universities have agreed not to increase fees next year. But it took the president’s intervention to make the protestors’ demands met.

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