Namibian students in South Africa are worried that they might not finish their studies due to the current Fees-Must-Fall protests at some universities in that country. The protests came about after the Higher Education Ministry in South Africa announced earlier this month that university fees will increase by 8% for the 2017 academic year. The ministry explained that this is because South Africa's universities were facing serious funding challenges. The violent protests led to the closure of some universities in Johannesburg and Cape Town, where violent clashes between students and the police are ongoing since last Monday. Speaking to Nampa from South Africa on Sunday, second-year engineering student at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Martha Amwaama, said although she finished her course work, she cannot access the university to conduct research, due to the closure of the laboratories. She explained that students will know on Monday whether their accommodation facilities on campus will be closed, which will leave them with no option, but to return home. Amwaama said many students are frustrated because the closure impacts on their teaching, learning, lectures, tests, projects, assignments and fieldwork. Several thousand Namibians are supposed to graduate from South African universities in 2016.