#FeesMustFall add crackers and stink bombs to protest tools
The University of the Witwatersrand’s #FeesMustFall supporters have added prank props to their protest arsenal. On Thursday‚ they used “fire crackers to alarm and disperse students in the Matrix Student Centre”‚ and as a result “a cleaner fainted and she is being treated by a doctor in the Campus Health and Wellness Centre”‚ the university said.“We have also had reports of stink bombs being used to disrupt lectures in some classes on the Braamfontein campus‚” Wits said of incidents on Thursday.Students and lecturers were moved to an alternate venue.On the University of the KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville‚ protesting students addressed the pressing matter of free education by using ironing boards as shields on Thursday.Protesters are using ironing boards as shields @News24#FeesMustFallpic.twitter.com/yY1n9Bz0Ga— Kaveel Singh (@kaveels) October 13, 2016asyncThe Vaal University of Technology’s #FeesMustFall protesters showed they weren’t taking things lying down‚ and used mattresses as they marched around campus on Thursday. – TMG Digital ..
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