Finance minister says students' disruption of parliament not constructive

08:03 - 22 October 2015

South African Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivers his 2015 Budget Speech at Parliament in Cape Town, February 25, 2015. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham

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 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.

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.