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Added on the 10/03/2021 12:37:48 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
In Johannesburg, students burn tyres and demonstrate after a passerby was shot dead amid protests over student debt. Students began sporadic protests in early January over the alleged exclusion of some students by a government-sponsored tuition aid scheme. They are demanding that the University of the Witwatersrand allows all students with outstanding debt to register for the 2021 academic year. IMAGES
Cape Town (South Africa), Mar 12 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Nic Bothma).- South African students protested Friday in Cape Town over the high price of tuition fees. South African minister of higher education Blade Nzimande said on Monday that the National Students Financial Aid Scheme, which provides study loans to poor students, is experiencing a funding shortfall.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN CAPE TOWN.
Police and students in the South African capital, Cape Town, clash after protests over the government's funding of education turn violent. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A nationwide strike by South Africa's largest labour unions unite over suffocating inflation, electricity blackouts and the rising cost of living across the country. The working class unites, blocking roads and demanding action by the government. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).