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Johannesburg university stampede kills one
Source: BBC
One person has died after a stampede broke out among crowds of people trying to enrol at a university in the South African city of Johannesburg.
"There was a person that was deceased," University of Johannesburg (UJ) spokesman Herman Esterhuizen said.
The victim was said to be the mother of a prospective student.
More than 180,000 high school graduates are expected to be turned away from South Africa's nine top universities this year, said the Times newspaper.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16482147