VIDEO: VCs to brief media over #OutsourcingMustFall
The vice-chancellors and rectors of Gauteng-based universities will on Monday afternoon brief the media over the protests by contract workers and students at campuses across the province.
Protests have led to a delay in various activities, including registration, at the start of the academic year.
On Monday, entrances to the University of Pretoria (UP) remained locked with student leaders vowing to intensify their action until all workers become permanent staff members R10 000 a month.
A group of about 200 people were singing and dancing outside the gates of the university demanding to be insourced as permanent members of campus staff with the same benefits.
Police accompanied the crowd of protesters as they made their way up and down Festival and Prospect streets.
Leaders maintained that they would continue to disrupt proceedings at UP until their demands were met.
#OutsourcingMustFall The scene outside the back gate at Tuks. MV pic.twitter.com/APKGQ0qzbz
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) January 18, 2016
WATCH #OutsourcingMustFall The scene outside the back gate at Tuks. @MarykeVermaak pic.twitter.com/U7zxVX5Sgy
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) January 18, 2016
#OutsourcingMustFall The group is now on the move - heading to another gate. MV pic.twitter.com/CAoo4TT7R8
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) January 18, 2016
WATCH #OutsourcingMustFall the group is on the move again - moving up and down Festival/Prospect Streets. MV pic.twitter.com/9xViPOBKjf
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) January 18, 2016
WATCH #OutsourcingMustFall workers protesting outside the gates of the University of Pretoria. @MarykeVermaak pic.twitter.com/BfyPfR3YK9
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) January 18, 2016
#OutsourcingMustFall Workers protesting outside University of Pretoria - Demand insourcing, benefits,higher wages MV pic.twitter.com/nVbGonsLMg
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) January 18, 2016
(Photos and video by Maryke Vermaak)
(Edited by Suné du Toit)