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WATCH: Exam venues disrupted, fire extinguishers discharged during #UCTshutdown

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Protesters disrupted exams on Wednesday at the University of Cape Town (UCT), discharging fire extinguishers and hoses as they marched through campus protesting student fees, as part of their #UCTshutdown campaign. Watch.

UCT and Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students were set to march to Parliament on Wednesday to demand that President Jacob Zuma release the Fees Commission report, but this has since been cancelled.   

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