South Africa's Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Wednesday the disruption of parliament by university students protesting planned higher fees next year was not constructive.
Finance minister says students' disruption of parliament not constructive
Riot police fired stun grenades at hundreds of students who stormed the parliament precinct in Cape Town to try and disrupt Nene's reading of the medium term budget statement, which went on regardless.
South African Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivers his 2015 Budget Speech at Parliament in Cape Town, February 25, 2015. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
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Riot police fired stun grenades at hundreds of students who stormed the parliament precinct in Cape Town to try and disrupt Nene's reading of the medium term budget statement, which went on regardless.
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