Anger in theTwitterverse

Twitter was ablaze this week as South Africans took to the platform to express their views on the student fees protests using a range of hashtags: #FeesMustFall, #BladeMustFall, #NationalShutDown, #RhodesMIP and #TearGasTips. Here’s a selection:

The students of 2015 have an appointment with history. — @RamaMahapa

If only there was some sort of elected official, a minister of higher education of some sorts, that we could turn to in a time of crisis. — @TshepiMolisana

I don’t think the ANC has figured out that #NationalShutDown protesters are of legal voting age. —@phr0ggi

I owe NSFAS +/- R150 000. How long is that gonna take me to pay it off? Coming from a working class family? #FeesMustFall. — @Ncepsi

Why’s government so quiet? This is a national crisis. [Is] government hiding behind police? #NationalShutDown @jmw99

6th yr Med student. 2 schol- arships. 3 loans. Worked since he was a teen. Hasn’t failed a single year. Still can’t cover fees. #FeesMustFall — @sboshmafu

As students we are saying fees must be reduced to a figure that Zuma can read. #FeesMustFall #NationalShutDown @CaptainKeigh

And even with all my privilege, I turned down UCT because it was too expensive. So imagine what it’s like for the kid who has nothing. — @Ah_nayP

The thought of #RhodesMIP that I paid for 6 years makes me cry. I am sinking in debt and I am nowhere near finishing paying my study loans. — @Urban_Xhosa

#TearGasTips use milk on exposed flesh. Water makes symptoms worse. — @blkliquidfluid

Man it’s so lit, so beautiful. What a time to be alive, black, a student and in South Africa this 2015!! #NationalShutDown @M4KV7V75A

If you think this is not your battle, you are mistaken. You’ll need graduates for your business, your kids will need education. #FeesMustFall — @firdausk01