UCT committed to insourcing despite its ‘significant costs’
Max Price talks to students who want an explanation about the court interdict UCT brought against protesting students on Monday. Students protested for a fourth consecutive day on UCT’s campuses, finally marching to Jammie Plaza where student leaders addressed a large crowd before allowing vice-chancellor Dr Max Price to talk.
Image by: David Harrison
Image by: David Harrison
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is open to discussing the implementation of insourcing‚ but only if it is allowed to “return to full capacity”.
That’s according to a statement by vice-chancellor Dr Max Price‚ who said on Wednesday: “Last night‚ we made a commitment to the principle of insourcing.”
“A process to determine the modalities‚ framework and timeframes of the implementation of this decision will need to be agreed upon by all parties involved‚” said Max‚ adding that it was contingent staff and students allowing university activities to resume.
“We are aware that insourcing will incur significant costs. The recent wave of student and worker protests at UCT and nationally – for lower fees and for insourcing workers – has emboldened us to commit to finding the money somehow‚” said Price.
These significant costs‚ “especially coming on top of the reduction in revenues that the 0% fee increase will mean” will require “a concerted effort…to convince the state to make available additional funding”.
“And we will participate fully in the ministerial commission that will investigate outsourcing on university campuses over the next six months‚” said Price‚ adding that one of the first steps UCT would implement was the suspension of tender processes for new contracts where existing contracts are due to end.
Price also said that work on a new examination schedule – originally planned for October 27 to November 13 – is underway.
“Once the new date is set‚ students will be given notice in order to be able to prepare properly‚” Price said
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