Tweeting #FeesMustFall: the case of #UCTShutdown

Starting from Spring 2015, students across the country became engaged in the #FeesMustFall campaign, participating in protest action and shutting down university campuses. The nation-wide student movement initially halted tuition fee increases for 2016 and eventually resulted in a new national policy of free higher education for poor and working-class students in 2018.

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Human Science Research Council SA
Published
2026-05-23
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https://doi.org/10.14749/32381004
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University Challenges and Reforms
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Tweeting #FeesMustFall: the case of #UCTShutdown

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Tweeting #FeesMustFall: the case of #UCTShutdown

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Abstract

Starting from Spring 2015, students across the country became engaged in the #FeesMustFall campaign, participating in protest action and shutting down university campuses. The nation-wide student movement initially halted tuition fee increases for 2016 and eventually resulted in a new national policy of free higher education for poor and working-class students in 2018.

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