Police use water cannons to disperse anti-government demonstrators and university students during a protest demanding the release of Inter University Students' Federation leaders and the country's economic crisis, in Colombo on March 8, 2023. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Economic decline, austerity and higher living costs have sparked more frequent, sometimes violent, mass action worldwide — and South Africa should take note
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