TMG Digital reports that hundreds of workers who were outsourced by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have now begun their work as the institution’s employees‚ the university said on Wednesday.  

In response to the call by students during the FeesMustFall protests‚ Wits have brought on board a total of 343 to work as part of the university’s staff.  The university indicated:  “The first cohort of insourced workers reported on the first day of work as Wits employees.  Other groups of workers will come on board at various times during the course of 2017.  Cleaning‚ catering‚ security‚ transport‚ waste‚ grounds and landscaping workers are to be insourced."  The University Council has placed a cap of R100 million on the total cost of insourcing‚ including all incidental costs.

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