South Africa - Salary hike demands close large rural university

By Ishmael Tongai. Despite being put under administration and rescued from bankruptcy by the government, Walter Sisulu University, or WSU, is still in a terrible mess. Last week the institution was closed indefinitely over an unresolved salary dispute with workers that had been simmering for more than six weeks.
The dispute between workers and the university authorities risks overturning short-term financial stability achieved by the rural institution after years of financial turbulence. More...