South African rapper, AKA, has called out the South African police for firing at students during ongoing fees protests at the University of the Witwatersrand.
This comes after the death of Mthokozisi Ntumba, a bystander who was fatally shot by the SAPS during protests this past Wednesday. The protests, which began this past Tuesday, are in response to the financial exclusion of students at the University of the Witwatersrand. Despite this fatality, SAPS continues to use the same dispersal methods.
AKA took to twitter to share a thread supporting the students on the ground while pointing out that political factions actually did not matter as police shoot at anyone.
The “Finessin” rapper pointed this out as, historically, there have always been tensions between different student bodies which are usually affiliated with major political parties. This year’s leading student representative council (SRC) is the Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA), the original
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