Traffic flow back to normal on Empire and Yale roads as the student protest settles
JOBURG – The roads were blocked throughout the day due to the University of the Witswatersrand's student protest.
The metro police have managed to disperse students at the main Wits University entrance on Empire and Yale roads.
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Caxton Joburg north journalist Andile Dlodlo is on the scene and confirms that students are slowly regrouping while others are currently injured due to the stun grenades shot at them by the police.
Today (10 March) is the second day of the student protest. They attribute their march to demands for better access to financial support and the #FeesMustFall campaign.
Social media went to a frenzy when a civilian was shot dead earlier. Follow #Witsprotest on Twitter to see how social media users reacted.
Here’s how the #WitsProtest PR is going to be like:
-Cele will be on TV soon doing damage control
-Blade will pretend to be shocked & shift the blame to students.
-Wits will talk about an investigation.
-President will briefly mention it on Monday pic.twitter.com/of2HI8zeZT
— Tumi Sole (@tumisole) March 10, 2021
Students having to fight for wanting access to education is the most saddest thing ever! #witsprotest ☹️
— Mohale Motaung (@mohale_motaung) March 10, 2021
Having been part of the 2015/16 #FeesMustFall protests, my anxiety peaks whenever I hear that students are protesting for the same thing we fought for back then. How is possible?
The amount of violence we experienced during that time 💔 #Witsasinamali #witsprotest
— #IamAnAfrican 🇦🇷 (@Uncle_JayB) March 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/JackiePhamotse/status/1369619690025259008?s=20
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