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Thanks for asking Annie. It is has been quite a week. We have not been allowed onto campus all week as the students nationwide have been protesting about fees. The university students all over the country scored a victory today with their largely peaceful protests. They managed to get the attention of the government and the Vice Chancellors of all the universities met with President Zuma and they came up with a plan for the future of higher education in South Africa. The most important outcome is that there will be no fee increases for next year.
In our small town however, xenophobic unrest has been taking place and all schools were closed yesterday. I picked my son up at 11am and we spent the day at home.
It has been very unsettling. But we are safe and well, thank goodness.
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Thanks for asking Annie. It is has been quite a week. We have not been allowed onto campus all week as the students nationwide have been protesting about fees. The university students all over the country scored a victory today with their largely peaceful protests. They managed to get the attention of the government and the Vice Chancellors of all the universities met with President Zuma and they came up with a plan for the future of higher education in South Africa. The most important outcome is that there will be no fee increases for next year.
In our small town however, xenophobic unrest has been taking place and all schools were closed yesterday. I picked my son up at 11am and we spent the day at home.
It has been very unsettling. But we are safe and well, thank goodness.