Police use stun grenades to disperse 300 protesters outside Zuma’s office
Police fired stun grenades to disperse hundreds of students gathered outside President Jacob Zuma’s offices in Pretoria on Thursday, as violent protests over the high cost of university education rumble on with no resolution in sight. Weeks of demonstrations calling for the scrapping of university fees have highlighted frustration at enduring inequalities in SA. Zuma was scheduled to travel to Mozambique on Thursday to meet President Filipe Nyusi. About 300 protesters, some of whom hurled sticks and bottles at police, were gathered in a park outside the Union Buildings, where the government has its seat, a witness said. The crowd fled when police used water cannon to disperse them, but soon returned and began singing and chanting again as a police spotter aircraft circled low overhead.
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