The South African student #FeesMustFall uprising at its peak has been largely single-issue driven – scrapping of tuition fees - rather than calling for systemic societal, political, social and economic change, and pushing for change of national leadership, as was the case in North Africa.
Tagged under Popular Participation & Democratization Susan Booysen, Wits University Press, William Gumede, #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall, Arap spiring, sunshine journalism, Tamazight, Democracy Works Foundation, South Africa’s student uprisings, Apartheid, North African uprisings, Moroccan commentator Rachid Elbelghiti, South Africa student movements
The current student protests have their antecedents in the youth movements of 40 years ago. These students are fighting for their lives, their dignity and their humanity. Their resistance to white supremacy should provide inspiration to Black girls colonized in the US, Europe and around the world.