On Thursday, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande drew the ire of South Africans after jokingly saying his department would start a “students must fall” campaign if students don’t accept his proposed 6% university fee increase cap. This comes a day after the minister was heckled as he tried to address students who had marched to parliament.
Here are some responses from Twitter:
#StudentsMustFall ?? Blade thinks this is a game. pic.twitter.com/hTTEoIAo5I
— Jabulani (@papa_action) October 22, 2015
If Our Minister Of Education Was Educated, He Would Come Up With An Intellectual Solution Not A Barbaric One. #StudentsMustFall Is Foolish.
— Layne Jazzey (@Layne_JazzeySA) October 22, 2015
This man actually chuckled after he said #StudentsMustFall pic.twitter.com/SxEvGdjybv
— nathi fani (@nathi_fani) October 22, 2015
#StudentsMustFall ?What an inappropriate, insensitive, immature, ignorant statement for the Minister of Higher Education to make.Embarrassed — Lalla Hirayama (@Lalla_Hirayama) October 22, 2015
Mr Nzimande. Siri never forgets. We will remember this in 2019. . #StudentsMustFall pic.twitter.com/lIc5k8pvBa — Riaz Snow ❄️ (@riazbapoo) October 22, 2015
How to lose a generation in 10 seconds #StudentsMustFall
— Peet van Aardt (@Peet_van_Aardt) October 22, 2015
Spare a thought today for ANC spin doctors frantically turning “Well done SAPS” & #StudentsMustFall into “Viva young revolutionaries viva!”
— Tom Eaton (@TomEatonSA) October 23, 2015
Did Blade Nzimande just pull a #studentsmustfall stunt. Does he really realise what he’s dealing against? pic.twitter.com/yokIFt8rF3
— The Last Sam (@SamNtlombe) October 22, 2015
He is failing dismally at doing his job yet he has the nerve to say #StudentsMustFall..ignorance is bliss! The layer on his face must fall!
— Je m’appelle Nhla (@Bri_mojakes) October 22, 2015
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