Maybe in years to come young people will ask their parents where they were when student protesters forced their way onto the steps of parliament and made their voices heard.

At the very least yesterday should go down in history as one of the clearest illustrations of just how fed up and fatigued young society has become with false platitudes from the fat cats up top, pictures like these below perfectly capturing that sense of frustration.

You can see five videos HERE and five of the best protest banners HERE but don’t be on your merry way just yet.

Here are some of the more poignant ones courtesy of TimesLive, the first five from parliament and the sixth from the University of Pretoria:

[source:timeslive]

[imagecredits:DAVID HARRISON,NIC BOTHMA/EPA, SIZWE NDINGANE,TREVOR SAMSON]