Update Monday, 18h45

TUT Management briefs Ministry of Education

The Executive Management Committee (EMC) of Tshwane University of Technology briefed the Ministry of Education on developments related to the impasse at the University at a meeting held on Monday, 16 February.

However, the deadlock between the parties has not yet been resolved and activities at the University remain suspended. The University took the decision to close the institution last Tuesday, in view of security threats to non-striking staff, students, and institutional property. In arriving at the decision, management had consulted the Chairperson of Council and the Department of Education.

The other union at the University, Nutesa, reached an agreement with management on Monday, 9 February. Subsequently, Nutesa called off their strike after signing a memorandum of agreement with TUT management to enter into voluntary arbitration on unresolved issues.

Management has continuously reiterated their commitment to engage organised labour to resolve the deadlock and it is imperative that it is done as soon as possible.

TUT would like to apologise to all its stakeholders and students for any inconvenience the suspension of University activities may have caused. The suspension of University activities will not prejudice any stakeholder or student in any way.

The above information was taken verbatim from the TUT website.

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