Wits academics will not teach until agreement is reached, lecturer says
Prof Noor Nieftagodien says academics are unhappy with the postponement of the general assembly as they had a deal with all stakeholders to proceed with it on Friday
UNIVERSITY of the Witwatersrand (Wits) professor Noor Nieftagodien says academics at the university will not continue with lectures until an agreement has been reached between all parties in the university community.Speaking at Wits on Friday‚ Nieftagodien said lecturers could not teach under the current conditions. "We will not teach in conditions of securitisation of the university."He said academics supported the call for free education because it was not a privilege but a right. Nieftagodien lectures in the history department‚ heads the History Workshop and is the South African research chair in local histories‚ present realities and at Wits. He is also on the board of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute."Academics have acknowledged the leading role the students have played and we decided over many‚ many months that it is time for academics‚ nationally‚ to make their collective voices heard."He said the academics were "deeply concerned" about the decision to postpone the general...
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