{"id":139513,"date":"2016-10-10T15:29:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T13:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=139513"},"modified":"2016-10-10T15:29:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T13:29:29","slug":"watch-feesmustfall-protestors-try-to-tip-over-a-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/139513\/watch-feesmustfall-protestors-try-to-tip-over-a-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: #FeesMustFall protestors try to tip over a bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Protesting students from Wits University have taken to the streets of Johannesburg, following clashes with police on the university\u2019s grounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enca.com\/south-africa\/live-blog-2017fees-protests-at-wits?utm_campaign=Echobox&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1476098451\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>eNCA<\/strong><\/a> reported that Jan Smuts Avenue in Johannesburg was blocked by protesting #FeesMustFall students, who set fire to objects placed in the road.<\/p>\n<p>Police fired teargas at the students, while businesses in the Braamfontein area closed \u2013 due to fear of being caught in the crossfire.<\/p>\n<p>Jacaranda FM journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarykeVermaak\" target=\"_blank\">Maryke Vermaak<\/a>, documented how protestors were able to stop a bus in the middle of the street in Braamfontein, try to tip it over, and then set it alight.<\/p>\n<p>The videos below show the protests in action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fees2017?src=hash\">#Fees2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wits?src=hash\">#Wits<\/a> Protesters trying to tip the bus.<br \/>\nMV <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XlwaqR5KIg\">pic.twitter.com\/XlwaqR5KIg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryke Vermaak (@MarykeVermaak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarykeVermaak\/status\/785467030203924480\">October 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fees2017?src=hash\">#Fees2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wits?src=hash\">#Wits<\/a> This bus I being set alight &#8211; doesn&#8217;t appear to be students.<br \/>\nMV <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R9HaAmteJ6\">pic.twitter.com\/R9HaAmteJ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryke Vermaak (@MarykeVermaak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarykeVermaak\/status\/785465651435606016\">October 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Video and image source: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarykeVermaak\">Maryke Vermaak \/ Jacaranda FM<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on #FeesMustFall<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/139487\/protestors-flood-computer-lab-at-wits\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Protestors deliberately flood computer lab at Wits<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/139417\/sa-universities-may-not-be-able-to-take-in-any-new-students-in-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SA universities may not be able to take in any new students in 2017<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Wits vice-chancellor to students: \u2018Why are you still protesting?\u2019\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/138935\/wits-vice-chancellor-to-students-why-are-you-still-protesting\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wits vice-chancellor to students: \u2018Why are you still protesting?\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Black student\u2019s message to whites: if there is going to be blood, it won\u2019t be ours\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/139183\/black-students-message-to-whites-if-there-is-going-to-be-blood-it-wont-be-ours\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Black student\u2019s message to whites: if there is going to be blood, it won\u2019t be ours<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesting students from Wits University have taken to the streets of Johannesburg, following clashes with police on the university\u2019s grounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":139525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-139513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139513"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139527,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139513\/revisions\/139527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}