The Citizen reports that the University of SA (Unisa) has obtained an urgent high court interdict against protesters opposed to outsourcing and labour-broking.  

The protestors vowed to completely shut the university down until such time as their demands were met.  The North Gauteng High Court last week interdicted the protesters from entering Unisa’s premises and instigating riotous and violent behaviour, disrupting campus activities, vandalising property, illegally occupying buildings, carrying weapons and intimidating, threatening or harming any employees, students or visitors.  Unisa turned to the court for relief after a week of protest action that saw the vandalisation and trashing of the critically important dispatch department, the removal of security officers from their posts and the violent disruption of campus activities.  The protest action related to the situation that, in terms of an agreement negotiated with all interested parties effecting the insourcing of security and other services, only some of the previously outsourced contract workers could be offered permanent employment.

• Read this report by Ilse de Lange in full at The Citizen
• See too, Unisa kry hofbevel teen protesgroep van kontrakwerkers, at Netwerk24 (limit on access)

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