Tertiary education denied at WSU because of labour disputes
- Published on 29 Aug 2013
- HR Pulse News Desk
News24 reports that a decision has been taken to close the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in the Eastern Cape after a five-week long labour dispute.
Administrator, Lourens van Staden, said, in a report by the Times:
"The volatile situation that is unfolding has made it impossible for management to risk or to guarantee the safety and well-being of our students and the communities in which they live.”
In a report on News24, the Eastern Cape division of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) said “it was absurd that Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande had not intervened in the five-week long labour impasse.”
"This means the university has not engaged into its core business of teaching and learning for more than a month now," said the PAC.
The WSU serves some of the poorer communities in South Africa.
