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.
Authors
- Human Sciences Research Council
Publication Details
- Journal
- Human Science Research Council SA
- Published
- 2026-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14749/32381004
- Primary Topic
- University Challenges and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00