Unisa Enterprise staff call on varsity over payment crisis

Demoralised workers at Unisa Enterprise, the commercial arm of the University of South Africa (Unisa), have made an impassioned plea to the university's management committee to intervene after months of salary payment delays.

- Sipho Mabena

In a memorandum dated 21 July, employees expressed frustration over what they described as recurring and poorly communicated delays in salary payments for three consecutive months: May, June and July.

The memorandum, signed by multiple staff members, pointed out that the situation was "unsustainable and detrimental" to both morale and performance.

According to the leaked memorandum, May salaries were paid late for senior staff.

In June, only half of employees' salaries were processed on payday, with no clarity on when the balance would follow.

In July, workers were informed that no payments would be made at all, with management allegedly failing to provide an alternative payment date.