Teargas, bleeding knees and burning tyres: A day in the protest for free higher education
16 Mar 2021
Students continue to protest over university fees on March 15, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Students took to the streets of Johannesburg early on Monday to continue their protests about fees as 26 universities across SA braced for a national shutdown. Students, countrywide, demonstrated demanding that those who are in debt be allowed to register and that historical debt be wiped out. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Tailing the students are a police nyala and water cannon.
“At least abekho violent,” says one of the learners as they walk past.
JMPD officers monitor Klipspruit Valley following overnight protests The JMPD said one of the drivers was forcefully removed by the protesters. Overnight protests in Klipspruit Valley, Soweto, led to two vehicles being set alight and another damaged. Picture: JMPD/Supplied.
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JOHANNESBURG – Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officers are on the scene in Klipspruit Valley, Soweto, on Tuesday following overnight protests in which two vehicles were set alight and another was damaged.
The JMPD said one of the drivers was forcefully removed by the protesters.
The department s Xolani Fihla said the situation was now calm: “Officers are monitoring and are on high alert. Motorists are advised to exercise caution for debris on the road.”
MMC Mabaso leads Accelerated Service Delivery operation in the inner city
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The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Housing in the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Mlungisi Mabaso, led the Accelerated Service Delivery Operation in collaboration with Citizen Relationship and Urban Management (CRUM) in Region F, where he is the political head and oversight MMC.
The visit comes as a result of monitoring several illegal operations and lack of service delivery in the inner city and thus requesting for relevant department’s such as Johannesburg Metro Police Department (By-law Management Unit), City Power Revenue Protection Unit and Maintenance, Joburg Water, Pikitup, Joburg Property Company, Environmental Health and Emergency Management Services to be part of the operation to enforce the law.
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