Deputy Minister for Higher Education and Training, Mr Buti Manamela will on Tuesday, 27 February 2018 to meet with all the parties involved in the ongoing Labour disputes at the Durban University of Technology. This is at the request of all the parties in the dispute.
“Today, I have finally agreed with the management and the leadership of the unions on the need for us to help the parties to come to a conclusion of the wage disputes, which have taken a toll on students and their academic time. Both the University Council and the Unions have committed to be back on the table and talk” said Deputy Minister Manamela.
This will be the second time that Deputy Minister will be visiting the institution, after he last month facilitated that the parties get back to negotiations, which ultimately collapsed.
“We understand the frustrations of stakeholders who called on us to intervene, but we could only do so if all the parties agreed to our intervention since this is a Labour disputed
“Valuable tuition time has already been lost, not to say anything of the adverse effects that strike action has on workers and their families. It is therefore in the best interest of all involved that the dispute is resolved without further delay” said the Deputy Minister.
Enquiries:
Matshepo Seedat
Cell: 082 679 9473
E-mail: Seedat.M@dhet.gov.za
