#Nationalshutdown....trending now in South Africa

Pretoria - Student leaders vowed yesterday to completely shut down all institutions of higher learning in the country. The students are demanding the scrapping of fees at universities.

"We are going to shut down all institutions until management hears that we don't want fees," South African Students Congress (Sasco) Gauteng deputy chairperson Sthembiso Ndlovu said.
"We believe that this is the only vehicle to achieve free education in our lifetime. Most of the institutions, excluding the University of Johannesburg and the Vaal University, have confirmed that they will be in solidarity with us."
Ndlovu said the decision was sparked by the proposed increase of fees by 17% at the Tshwane University of Technology, 40% at the University of Pretoria and 10.5% at the University of Witwatersrand. We are saying no to any form of increment," Ndlovu said.
He lashed out at Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande for saying that the current protests were not a national crisis.
On Monday, Nzimande told reporters at a briefing that the current student protests were not a national crisis and could be resolved.
"It is a challenge, but I wouldn't call it a crisis. I am very sympathetic to what the students are saying. We are aware that university education is expensive and that something needs to be done," he said. Since this is known solutions to stop this should be implemented.