Students breach South Africa parliament during fee demo

At Cape Peninsula University of Technology all classes were cancelled as students joined the protests.

He declared that Sasco are saying no to any form of university fee increment and will continue to protest unless things are changed.

The speech was delayed by 45 minutes as MPs from the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party raised multiple questions of order, arguing the budget should be delayed because of student protests over a planned hike in 2016 tuition fees.

It was not clear what caused the injuries to the three students, police said.

Yesterday, students at the University of Cape Town, led by a majority of young black radical women, followed the example set by their peers at Rhodes and Wits and shut down the entrances to their university to protest outsourcing and tuition increases.

Similar protests took place at the University of Cape Town and the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape Province.

The ANC in Gauteng was also standing in solidarity with protesting students.

Social media has so far been the most powerful source in documenting this major moment in South Africa's post-democratic history.

The protesters booed and threw empty water bottles at Nene and Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande as the ministers attempted to speak to them outside Parliament.

The latest wave of protests came after students burned cars and petrol-bombed an office in protest at fee changes at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and after Jacob Zuma, South Africa's president, acknowledged that financial support for students was "clearly still insufficient to support all poor and academically deserving students". Protesters in Polokwane forced a few students to stop taking exams, reported News24, a South African news outlet. This cultural chasm fuels the resentment of students who are struggling financially and is creating the explosive cocktail that we are now witnessing.

They also chanted "We want Blade", referring to Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.

"As the YCLSA, we are calling on universities to reverse exorbitant fee increases and not prevent students from writing examinations exclusively because they are poor and can not afford to pay".

The universities say they have to do so after the government cut education funding and scholarships.

The students said they wanted to make Johannesburg ungovernable by "frustrating white monopoly capital".

Classes were suspended at Wits, Rhodes and UCT on Monday, and again on Tuesday.

University administrators have said that without much bigger subsidies from the government, they have no option but to raise fees to maintain academic standards.