Strike looms at UKZN over delay in suspending five senior officials after inquiry
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) staff have threatened to go on strike‚ saying the institution’s council is delaying the suspension of five senior executives. Three weeks ago‚ deputy vice-chancellors John Mubangizi‚ Renuka Vithal‚ Deogratius Jaganyi and Cheryl Potgieter‚ and director of corporate communications Lesiba Seshoka were issued with letters of intention to suspend them. The five had accused the university’s vice-chancellor‚ Prof Albert van Jaarsveld‚ of incompetency and racism in 2015. Following an inquiry into the allegations‚ a report was sent to the university’s council and one of the recommendations was to suspend the five executives. On Monday‚ a letter was sent to UKZN’s executive director of human resources‚ Avril Williamson‚ on behalf of three unions — the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu)‚ the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and the UKZN Staff Union (UKSU) — of members threatening to embark on industrial action on Thursday. In...
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