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BL Premium reports that the University of Johannesburg (UJ) has become the latest tertiary institution to make Covid-19 jabs compulsory for those who want to access its facilities.
“At its meeting on 25 November 2021, the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ’s) Council resolved that all the university’s campuses and facilities will be mandatory vaccination sites from January 2022,” the university spokesperson indicated in a statement on Friday. The vaccination policy states that staff, postdoctoral research fellows and students will need to provide UJ with their vaccination status (i.e. first vaccination completed or fully vaccinated) before gaining access to any campus or facility. These measures also apply to ad hoc contractors, identified stakeholders and visitors. However, exemptions based on medical or religious grounds would be considered. Several universities have introduce mandatory vaccination policies, including Wits, the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape and the University of the Free State. According to Linda Meyer of Universities SA, tertiary institutions have established rights under the Higher Education Act to determine who may access their properties.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Bekezela Phakathi at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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