source: Times (South Africa); Sowetan (South Africa)
actor1: Rioters (South Africa)
actor2: N/A
location: Richards Bay
notes: On 15 March 2021, students blocked the entrance of a university campus with burning tires in Richards Bay (uThunguluu, KwaZulu-Natal) in support of free decolonized education and against their financial exclusion from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and historical debt. Several demonstrations regarding student's financial exclusion were registered across the country since 9 March 2021 and a national university shutdown was announced by the South African Union of Students (SAUS) on 14 March 2021. [size=no report]