{"id":161898,"date":"2015-10-23T14:38:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T14:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=161898"},"modified":"2015-10-23T14:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T14:38:15","slug":"president-jacob-zuma-sanctions-a-zero-percent-increase-in-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/president-jacob-zuma-sanctions-a-zero-percent-increase-in-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"President Jacob Zuma sanctions a zero percent increase in fees"},"content":{"rendered":"
South African President, Jacob Zumah has revealed there will be no increase in university tuition fees for 2016.<\/p>\n
“We have agreed that there should be a zero increase,” Zuma said in a televised address.<\/p>\n
His address comes after a meeting with student leaders and university officials following a nationwide protest against increased fees.<\/p>\n
Thousands of students had travelled from around Pretoria and Johannesburg to attend the demonstration, which gradually degenerated into violent scenes at a fence erected on the south lawn separating the students from the Union Buildings.<\/p>\n