2018-02-27 20:48

Durban – Durban University of Technology (DUT) is to reopen its doors after positive mediation between unions and management on Tuesday afternoon, government has said.
"The parties have agreed to resume with negotiations and reactivate the bargaining process," Deputy Minister for Higher Education Buti Manamela said.
The seven-week strike, staged by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), National Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) and the Tertiary Education National Union of SA (Tenusa) saw a university come to a standstill.

Manamela said that unions and university
management have now agreed to go back to the negotiation table.
"My biggest worry was that, even though there was a strike, there were no negotiations at all. The parties were not talking to each other. I can happily say that tomorrow (Wednesday) negotiations will be resuming and the unions will be reporting back to their members."

Manamela said the CCMA would be mediating the process in the hope that negotiations would be completed by the end of the week.
"In the course of the week, we need to see the resumption of academic work at the university. That was the basic framework that was agreed upon."

Striking staff at the Durban University of Technology received a boost of support on Tuesday after a group of students marched in solidarity with them. (Kaveel Singh, News24)

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