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Free the Fees Must Fall students! Young MPs sock it to Cyril

26 June 2019 - 06:59 By Andisiwe Makinana
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Former Wits SRC president and Fees Must Fall leader Nompendulo Mkhatshwa at President Cyril Ramaphosa's inauguration.
Former Wits SRC president and Fees Must Fall leader Nompendulo Mkhatshwa at President Cyril Ramaphosa's inauguration.
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They may no longer be student leaders, but debutant MPs Nompendulo Mkhatshwa and Naledi Chirwa from Fees Must Fall have clearly not forgotten their roots.

The two, both new respective ANC and EFF MPs, used their maiden speeches in parliament to highlight the struggles of incarcerated #FeesMustFall activists.

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