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Sasco meets with ANC and some ministers to find solutions to the student protests

The South African Students Congress (Sasco) says it has been meeting with leaders of the governing African National Congress (ANC) and some government ministers to try and find an amicable solution to the ongoing student protests. Students have been calling for free higher education. They also want students to be allowed to register even if they have historical debt. Sasco Treasurer-General Thabile Dlamini says they feel the ANC is not […]

16 March 2021

International News

Student protesters, royalists hold rival rallies in Thailand

Thousands have joined an anti-government demonstration at a university in Thailand, the largest such protest by students, challenging the government and conservative establishment even as royalist rivals held their own rally. About 3,000 to 4,000 protesters chanted "Long live democracy" at Thammasat University on the outskirts of Bangkok on Monday evening, with fiery speeches calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who first seized power in a 2014 […]

11 August 2020

International News

US cities see student-led walkout over gun violence

Hundreds of students have gathered in New York City's Washington Square Park after walking out from their high schools to share speeches and protest signs in an urgent call for gun control and safety in US schools. The students were just a few of the thousands of those who walked out of their classrooms on Wednesday to mark the one-month anniversary of the shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High […]

15 March 2018

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Sasco meets with ANC and some ministers to find solutions to the student protests

Student protesters, royalists hold rival rallies in Thailand

US cities see student-led walkout over gun violence

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