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Burning beds and tear gas: students wage war

20 February 2020 - 06:08 By Orrin Singh
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Protest season has hit the varsity, this time over students who haven’t been able to register due to debt.
Protest season has hit the varsity, this time over students who haven’t been able to register due to debt.
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Students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal have waged a war against the institution over historical debt.

As chaos erupted on the Westville campus, some students said they are prepared to die for their cause.

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