Grounded in the tensions in the South African higher education landscape, the study explored the politics of student protests in post-apartheid South Africa. The goal was to (re)read the “Fees Must Fall” Protests of 2016 informed by the case study of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. By analyzing the unfolding of events at UWC and the efforts directed at thwarting the protests one can question who is allowed to speak or not in the post-apartheid South Africa. In the process questions arise as to who is to blame and whom are the students trying to hold accountable. Students’ protests against fees are not new in post-apartheid South Africa, especially in historically black universities of which University of the Western Cape is one. Through a qualitative ethnographic case study of UWC, I examine the #FeesMustFall movement in the context of the broader national political framework in South Africa, of unrealized dreams and aspirations of the majority of the South Africans.