Wednesday, 23 March 2016

The statue must fall
The Rhodes must fall is the protest started during much last year .The reason was because of the transformation in south Africa regarding colonization and apartheid .The students mission was to remove the statue of Rhodes in their university this all because they wanted to maintain its domination over depended territories education and racial transformation at the university.
the beginning of the Rhodes must fall


                             Rhodes must fall social media




The hashtag fees must fall went trending on the social media platforms after the students created the Facebook page where by they discuses their next movements.






The Rhodes is being removed from the university of cape town.

                                                                            
The Rhodes has fallen

The statue of Cecil john Rhodes has fallen after the decision have been made and students  were happy with the outcomes
The outcomes of the protest Cecil John  Rhodes was removed at the university of cape town.








The reaction from the protest
The social media made things worse in this case as
The university of cape town responded in this manner when one of the black lectures Xolela Mangcu in the university told the cape times about not having enough black lectures or professors .The statistics were only five out of the two hundred professors were black.Other brands reacted this way as the EFF leader Julius Malema also agreed with the fact that the statue of Rhodes must fall. A month later after all this drama the statue of Rhodes was removed from the university. From my point of view I feel that this situation should have been handled in the decent manner without causing other people from other places to start destroying or painting the white people statue they should have arranged the meeting and come up with the decision and remove the statue and put it to one of the museums.




the leader of eff

The public relations in the act
As the public relations practitioners our job is to protect the reputation of our company or organisation.This matter should have been dealt with before it gets out of hand. But in this  case it seems the racism is taking place in this university so that why black students started protesting because they felt that the apartheid is still there at their campus when taking look at the university structure and on the other hand the is the statue of the white men situated in the university.I think the university of cape town should hire more black lectures just to try balance the race within the organisation. In that way everyone will feel free.students celebrating

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Down with the fees increase
The fees must fall is the protest that was led by students. The protest started in the middle of October right before the final examinations started. The  students started this after the students heard about the increase of the fees to all the universities in south Africa  following year .The protest started at wits university then followed by university of cape town, Rhodes university before it started spreading to other universities across the

fees must fall campaign begins
                                                        Fees must fall now                       



student from wits university   0%fees increase





Students in action The fees must fall is one of the hashtags that went trending on social media platforms such as twitter,Facebook etc to update people about the latest news on the fees must fall.The results of the fees must fall is that the was no university fee increase for the year 2016.Because of the social media other countries were also able to see what was going on with the universities.social media with fees must fall

The reaction of the brands regarding this matter many artist were also supporting the student in this fees must fall movement because they believed that what the student were fighting for was reasonable  some of them even joined the fees must fall campaign as they were marching. The minister of higher education Blade Nzimande he suggested that the government policy should grant free higher education to the poor only then  after the interview he said students must fall laughing which made the students not believe everything he said. The president of south Africa Jacob Zuma he then announced that the will be no fees increase for 2016 students were also present when the president addressed that



SA musicians joins fees must fall
Then NSFAS approved the applications of many students for the year 2016 which made a lot of students to continue with their studies this year.The big question is that will they be able to provide them with funding again next year.During the budget speech this year the higher education has allocated 16,3 billion for the next 3 years

meeting with blade
Recommendations
The government should work together with the universities to develop the strategic plan regarding the students fees as some of the students cant afford to pay their study fees. Because i believe that working together can help improve and have better education for all. I cant say free education for all as that will make south Africa economy suffer because even those who are working will also want their children to be granted free education.