EWN reports that the National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) says the strike by its members at the University of South Africa (Unisa) will continue indefinitely if the institution refuses to meet their demands.  

The union is demanding a 12% salary increase across the board while the university is now offering 7%, up from the previous 6.5% (an eNCA report indicates that the workers’ demand has been revised downward to 9%).  The union is also demanding the absorption of all contract workers with immediate effect and a halt to what it alleges is exploitation of its members in the Department of Information and Communications Technology.  The union has threatened to intensify its strike and mobilise members at other universities.  Registrations at the various Unisa campuses have been disrupted.  To make matters worse, Unisa's online-registrations website appears to have crashed.

• Read this report by Koketšo Motau at EWN
• Read too, Students struggle to register as Unisa strike continues, at eNCA

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