Academic begs colleagues to help end crisis at University of Zululand
A UNIVERSITY of Zululand academic has written an open letter to her colleagues appealing to them to stand together to resolve an ongoing strike crisis on campus.The senior academic‚ whose name is known to Times Media‚ sent an internal memo to staff on September 21‚ encouraging colleagues to back calls for a special meeting of the Senate.This comes after university staff have been on strike for seven weeks‚ since wage talks broke down between management and the National Education‚ Health and Allied Workers Union. After talks collapsed‚ the university implemented a no work‚ no pay policy against striking staff.In addition the academic programme was suspended on August 30 following violent protests at the KwaDlangezwa campus. In the early hours of Monday morning‚ several university vehicles were torched including three buses and two bakkies.The university was also recently hit by a controversial "degrees for sale" scandal. According to a Sunday Times report‚ more than 4,000 students al...
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