WATCH: Stun grenades fired outside Parliament
A march by students to demand answers on their call for free tertiary education erupted into chaos when a burning box was hurled at police.
|||Cape Town - Protesting students clashed with police outside Parliament on Wednesday after stones and other projectiles were thrown at the the law enforcement officials.
A burning box was also thrown at police, who responded by firing stun grenades.
Rubbish & dustbins are being burnt in Plein Street metres away from army of cops @DailyVoiceSA @IOL #FeesMustFall pic.twitter.com/MfsO6G7fF7
— Tshego (@tshegofatsang) October 26, 2016
The protesters appear to be angry that Higher Education and Trianing Minister Blade Nzimande has not come out to address them.
Shattered window @kfc, burning rubble & pile of rocks as students arm themselves @DailyVoiceSA @IOL #FeesMustFall pic.twitter.com/5FtalrZqfp
— Tshego (@tshegofatsang) October 26, 2016
They could be heard chanting “Let us fight” inside the parliamentary precinct.
Police and protesters clash outside #Parliament #MTBPS2016 Pics: @d7e7r7 pic.twitter.com/posr0mV2lB
— Cape Argus (@TheCapeArgus) October 26, 2016
Thousands of university students are at Parliament after marching from Cape Penisula of Technology’s Cape Town campus to demand an answer to their call for free tertiary education.
It's raining rocks & stun grenades outside Parliament as police & protesters clash @DailyVoiceSA @IOL #FeesMustFall pic.twitter.com/p0ACzGuVYp
— Tshego (@tshegofatsang) October 26, 2016
Meanwhile outside parliament #MTBPS2016 #FeesMustFall @IOL https://t.co/kNPKsk4fxl
— Andrew Robertson (@AndrewRobertsn) October 26, 2016
It's raining rocks & stun grenades outside Parliament as police & protesters clash @DailyVoiceSA @IOL #FeesMustFall pic.twitter.com/p0ACzGuVYp
— Tshego (@tshegofatsang) October 26, 2016
Inside Parliament Finance Minsiter Pravin Gordhan was delivering his medium-term budget speech.
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