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#FeesMustFall: ‘Government should be afraid of us in future ’

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Tens of thousands of students from several tertiary institutions gathered at the Union Buildings on Friday to call for a zero percent increase in 2016 fees and this was met.

But before they knew of their achievement, the march had turned into chaos.

Some students expressed their disappointment to the violence they witnessed, while others called it a necessary evil.

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