outsourcing

After unexpected protest action at the University of the Witwatersrand on Monday, workers and cleaners at the university were left uncertain about the broader nature of the movement and where it was headed. AAISHA DADI PATEL and GOOLAM…

Tired of obliging to what they feel is injustice, the cleaning and security staff from the University of KwaZulu Natal Howard College have downed tools in a weeklong strike against outsourcing. The workers feel that while company bosses…

Students at UKZN's Howard College have been protesting in support of a workers' strike that began last week. However, their efforts were halted by private security and some students were arrested. QINISO MBILI rounds up what has happened so…

Cleaning and security staff have been striking for two weeks on UKZN's Howard College campus. BANDILE MDLALOSE sent us an update.  The workers’ strike is on its second week at the Howard College campus. Some of the security staff is…

The University of Pretoria remains shut down by protests demanding the insourcing of workers at the university. MISHKA WAZAR rounds up the latest from Pretoria. Workers at the University of Pretoria (Tuks) and Unisa are continuing their…

The protests at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) against outsourcing of services continue to expose the working conditions of cleaners who often go invisible on campus. MBALI ZWANE reports. "We've normalised that black people can be…

Workers won a major victory during the course of the #FeesMustFall protests, with UCT agreeing to insourcing in principle but there has also been growing discontent with the representation offered by their union, Nehawu. AMANDA XULU…

Protests at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) escalated on Friday, with the arrest of 13 people this morning and a further, estimated, 150 people this afternoon. This came after the university sought a police interdict to prevent…

Early on Friday, the management of the University of Witwatersrand said it had obtained an interim interdict from the South Gauteng high court to prevent disruptions on its campuses.  According to the statement, the interdict will…

On an ordinary Wednesday afternoon, a moment of history was made at the University of Cape Town. Workers and the university management signed a landmark agreement to end outsourcing on campus. But the battle for insourcing has been waged…

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Wits Workers Solidarity Committee was unable to join us today. Chairperson Thembi Luckett will be with us at 2:30pm next Tuesday to discuss the recent #October6 marches that  oppose the outsourcing of…

Students, lecturers and workers at Wits University marched through the Johannesburg CBD to the university’s Jorissen Street entrance on Tuesday to protest against the outsourcing of workers at the university and calling for…