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Has South Africa introduced a ‘black tax’ on university students?

Tear gas, stun grenades and overturned cars: not the usual scenes on a university campus. But violent demonstrations have broken out across universities in South Africa over government plans to raise student feesDemonstrators say those worst affected will be poorer black South Africans. In a country deeply divided along racial lines, is the fee hike a necessary move or further evidence of a 'black tax'?

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