At least one student injured and several detained after Cape Town protest over proposed fees rise during budget speechRiot police in South Africa hold fired teargas and stun grenades at hundreds of students who stormed the parliament precinct in Cape Town in protest at a proposed increase in university fees. Police repeatedly attempted to disperse the students from the steps of the national assembly,with limited success, as the protesters tried to stage a sit-in to disrupt a mid-term budget speech being delivered by the finance minister, or Nhlanhla Nene. At least one student was injured,and several students hold been detained. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com