Are South African universities under assault? ASAWU responds to Wits Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib's question. Let us examine the assertion by Adam Habib that actions by unions effectively amount to an ...

Tuesday's strike was the second this month. The industrial action is "historic" because it is the first time academics have striked and that all unions representing staff across the university's ...

"The management of Wits University is committed to continuing negotiations in good faith with two unions -- Asawu and Nehawu, and to resolving the salary dispute as soon as possible," said spokesman ...

Witwatersrand University staff vowed on Wednesday not to back down from its salary demands presented to management during a one-day strike this week. The Academic Staff Association of Wits University ...

An alliance of four Wits youth structures Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) will show its support for striking workers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), it said on Wednesday. It called on ...

Johannesburg - An ongoing labour dispute at the University of Witwatersrand will be suspended until next year, the Academic Staff Association of Wits University (Asawu) said on Wednesday. Asawu said ...

The majority of Wits students want to return to class on Monday. Wits senior communications officer, Shirona Patel revealed the interim results of the #WitsPoll, which asked students and staff whether ...

Wits has four unions with memberships linked to occupational status and/or race: two “enterprise” unions with membership restricted to the university: Asawu for academics (still predominantly white); ...

Johannesburg - How to spend Wits University’s almost R2 billion in savings has become the crux of the university’s ongoing wage dispute. Last month, academic and support staff engaged in two one-day ...

The 9% salary increase that support staff at Wits University are demanding is equivalent to a R250 hike for each worker, but the university’s management is only offering 6.8%. This has emerged from ...

Johannesburg - The Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) will join striking workers on Thursday at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). The PYA was calling on university management to address ...