Students throw stones during clashes with security officers at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg as countrywide protests entered a third week Siphiwe Sibeko/ReutersSouth African students battled security forces yesterday, throwing bricks and concrete, blocking roads and smashing windows in growing demonstrations against the African National Congress-led government’s plan to increase tuition fees. Police responded with stun grenades, and security guards outside Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg flung rocks back at the students, while motorists were told to leave the area in case their cars were burnt. At least 31 students were arrested near the Wits campus. You can build up a good university over 100 years, but you can destroy one in three monthsThe rioting, which began after the education minister, Blade Nzimande, recommended that universities increase fees by up to 8 per cent next year, is spreading across the…

Source: The Times September 21, 2016 15:56 UTC