South African police fire stun grenades to disperse student protesters

Reuters
Students protest outside the parliament ahead of South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's medium term budget speech in Cape Town, South Africa October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African police fired stun grenades, water canon and tear gas on Wednesday to disperse students protesting outside parliament over the cost of university tuition fees, a Reuters witness said. The demonstration took place as Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was delivering his medium term budget policy statement. (Reporting by Wendell Roelf and Stella Mapenzauswa; Writing by Joe Brock; Editing by James Macharia)