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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 23 Oct 2015

    South Africa police fire stun grenades & water cannon at #FeesMustFall protest in Pretoria http://bbc.in/1W8Afrp pic.twitter.com/MJmmDiEKMl

    4:21 AM - 23 Oct 2015
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    • Shelia Byrd Hot News Epper senadasanayake +380661088583 Mario Fernández Juma Fundi Mfaume@gm Vikki Anne Shahbaz Hussain
    39 replies 617 retweets 229 likes
      1. Roy Gitahi‏ @GitahiRoy 23 Oct 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking The black SA govt inherited systems from the whites and apply them as vigorously on blacks as the whites did.

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      1. Cbass‏ @theCbass 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Violent Elements State Sponsored. #feesmustfall activists are ALL nonviolent. ANC Provocateurs at work discrediting movement.

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      1. Vince Nel‏ @vince_nel 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Last thing we need is a racist white lad from the over the pond to give us his take on something he clearly knows nothing about

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      2. boroger‏ @boroger 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking It's a pity!.. there is no protests like this about all the rapes in the country...

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      1. kgaugelo‏ @kgaugelom1 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking surely you were waiting for this to happen

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      1. Andre E. Beckles‏ @TheAndreBeckles 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Is this a historical photo from an apartheid protest? #AreYouFreakinKiddingMe. It's today, students protesting #FeesMustFall

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      2. #Replay‏ @Sharkmellon1 23 Oct 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking badnews badnews badnews @ameyaw112 @amegaxi @kajsaha @benkoku @OyooQuartey

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      3. Ameyaw Debrah‏Verified account @ameyaw112 23 Oct 2015
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        @Sharkmellon1 @BBCBreaking @Amegaxi @kajsaha @benkoku @OyooQuartey sad

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      1. Epper‏ @Froditous 30 Jan 2016
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        @BBCBreaking Love is lovely war is uglypic.twitter.com/9uEyimOUz5

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      1. Amy JayBee‏ @BossClaw 25 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking what audio started playing on this link? How stop it? Annoying!

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      1. Neckbeard’s Eulogy‏ @SacredNeckbeard 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking another case of a state which doesn't know how to respect its young people. Shameful

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      1. Amarene Prince‏ @amareneprince 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking give themselves

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      1. justapundit‏ @justapundit 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking that's with ANC in power!!!

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      1. Proud American Russ‏ @lanruss98 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Black rule is working really good I see. NOT!!!!!!! Just like in the U. S. Hmm makes you wonder.

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      1. King Afronso2‏ @KingAfonso2 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Zuma must go #FeesMustFall

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      1.  🌬Mistie Mukanganise 💨‏ @grey_jena 23 Oct 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Congratulations for making us look barbaric and uncivilized. Too little too late mate #FeesHaveFallen #HighDiscipline

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