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SowetanLive reports that workers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) downed tools on Tuesday, joining employees at the University of South Africa (Unisa) who have been on strike since last week‚ demanding a 9% pay hike.
National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) Wits acting secretary, Tumisho Madihlaba, said: “The services at Wits are partially impacted but as from tomorrow (Thursday) 80% of the services will be affected as we have about 800 members from National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) who will be joining the protest.” On Wednesday‚ Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela met with Unisa management and Nehawu representatives. Nehawu members had blocked the entrance to the Pretoria campus with burning tyres. Nehawu’s Mike Shingange said despite the intervention of the deputy minister‚ the strike would continue. He also pointed out that the SA Student Congress (Sasco) was standing with the workers. Manamela acknowledged that significant progress had been made in finding a sustainable solution to the strike impasse at Unisa, also noting that both parties had demonstrated a great deal of restraint and maturity and were moving closer to a settlement.
- Read this report by Yoliswa Sobuwa in full at TimesLive
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