CPUT staff back today and students in class Monday

Spokesperson for the Cape Peninsular University of Technology, Lauren Kansley, says these decisions were made at a meeting held on Wednesday evening at CPUT’s Bellville campus, where management met with protesting workers and student leaders to discuss their grievances.

She said management reached a few "key resolutions", following a shutdown of the university this week following protests.

“The main decision was that work will commence for staff on Friday 28 July while classes and academic activities begin on Monday 31 July,” said Kansley.

Workers said they still didn’t have contracts, while some complained of potentially dangerous working conditions without proper resources.

Students, meanwhile, want CPUT to drop all criminal charges against them stemming from previous violent protests. But Kansley says it’s out of their hands.

“Council has committed to monitoring the insourcing process more regularly and has resolved to issue insourced workers with contracts by the end of August,” Kansley said. “Council has reiterated that the criminal cases are not an internal CPUT process.”

But she added: “An amnesty which mimics the TRC process will be explored by the university to conclude any internal outstanding student discipline issues.”