Protesting students have swarmed Parliament ahead of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s mid-term budget‚ which he is scheduled to deliver from 2pm.
Students from the University of Cape Town‚ Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Stellenbosch University and even those studying through UNISA gathered in Plein Street to demand the scrapping of fee increases. Chanting students also climbed onto the statue of Louis Botha.
Siphokazi Makaula from CPUT said: “We want all fees to be decreased. What we doing will change the minds of government who is not concerned about us“.
Students take FeesMustFall protest to Parliament
Protesting students have swarmed Parliament ahead of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s mid-term budget‚ which he is scheduled to deliver from 2pm.
Students from the University of Cape Town‚ Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Stellenbosch University and even those studying through UNISA gathered in Plein Street to demand the scrapping of fee increases. Chanting students also climbed onto the statue of Louis Botha.
Siphokazi Makaula from CPUT said: “We want all fees to be decreased. What we doing will change the minds of government who is not concerned about us“.
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