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News24 reports that Stellenbosch University (SU) has confirmed it will be looking into mandatory vaccination for students ahead of the 2022 academic year.
The university held its third council meeting on Monday and Rector and Vice-Chancellor Wim de Villiers told the council it was an institutional priority for the university that all its staff and students should be vaccinated against Covid-19. De Villiers confirmed that SU was exploring the possibility of mandatory vaccination, taking from the experience of other institutions and organisations in SA and worldwide. In addition, SU's Institutional Committee for Business Continuity (ICBC) appointed a task team on 27 August to conduct the risk assessment required in terms of a health and safety direction promulgated in June. SU chief operating officer Stan du Plessis reported to the council that 518 staff members, 2,236 students and 1,472 members of the community had received jabs at the institution since 10 August, while many others continued to make use of vaccination facilities elsewhere. Du Plessis indicated: “A vaccine rule will determine the extent to which staff and students can work and study at the university, depending on their vaccination status. It will describe the expectation, as well as the criteria for exceptions.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marvin Charles at News24
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