source: Times (South Africa); IOL; EWN; City Press (South Africa); GardaWorld; SABC News; Citizen (South Africa); African News Agency; GroundUp
actor1: Rioters (South Africa)
actor2: Police Forces of South Africa (1994-)
location: Johannesburg - Braamfontein
notes: On 9 March 2021, between 30 to 50 university students set tires on fire blocking roads in Johannesburg - Braamfontein (City of Johannesburg, Gauteng) in a demonstration against the exclusion of students in debt from registering for the new academic year. The police used rubber bullets to disperse the group. Several people were injured, and a student activist was beaten and arrested by officers. Several demonstrations regarding student's financial exclusion were registered across the country during the week, beginning on 9 March 2021. [size=between 30 to 50]