Wits clamps down on protest
Pericles Anetos | 2016-05-25 12:fifty nine:forty.zero
Wits College college students stroll in entrance of the Nice Corridor on the best way to their resident rooms. File Photograph.
Picture by: SIHLE MAKU
Exams on the College of the Witwatersrand haven’t been disrupted‚ however the college has beefed up safety after protests by staff on campus. Wits spokesman Shirona Patel stated that safety had been tightened because of a small protest on Tuesday.
A gaggle of about 30 staff had tried to disrupt the eating corridor and scholar centre. “The College has thus strengthened safety throughout all campuses and has put the police on standby to make sure that all college operations‚ and notably examinations‚ usually are not disrupted‚” she stated.
“The group appears to be sad concerning the classes of employees really helpful to be insourced‚ with the employees of retail institutions‚ notably these within the Matrix now demanding that they need to be insourced‚ ” she stated.
A activity group is because of meet concerning the concern on Wednesday however solely the college council can finalise insourcing preparations. Patel stated makes an attempt by the body of workers to compromise the college’s examinations and eating corridor actions have been unacceptable.
“We won’t tolerate any intimidation‚ disruption or violence. These are direct violations of the interdict that the college obtained to guard the rights of scholars and employees to study and work in a conducive surroundings. Any individual discovered to be violating the courtroom order will face the complete may of the regulation and shall be barred from our campuses‚” she stated.
Patel stated that examinations wouldn’t be cancelled or postponed beneath any circumstances.