A bus has been set on fire during clashes between students and riot police following a protest over University tuition fees on Monday in Johannesburg. South African student protesters and police clashed in renewed violence in Johannesburg as attempts to re-open Wits University descended into running battles on campus. AFP / MUJAHID SAFODIEN
A bus has been set on fire during clashes between students and riot police following a protest over University tuition fees on Monday in Johannesburg. South African student protesters and police clashed in renewed violence in Johannesburg as attempts to re-open Wits University descended into running battles on campus. AFP / MUJAHID SAFODIEN

JOHANNESBURG: Weeks of protests at South African universities have targeted tuition fees -- but students say they are also about racism and inequality in a society still plagued by the legacy of apartheid.

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