South Africa Student Protests
South African students have joined a #NationalShutDown day over a proposed rise in tuition fees. But how much should students pay for their higher education?
Anger across South Africa's universities as students join a #NationalShutDown day; Canada decides to withdraw its fighter jets from air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria; and #BackToTheFuture euphoria: is 2015 as exciting as the film predicted?
(Photo: Students chant slogans during a protest against fee hikes at the University of Cape Town. Credits: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images)
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