When outsourcing ended at Nelson Mandela University it gave contract workers more than just a job.
When Ayanda Martin left his hometown of Dimbaza in the Eastern Cape, in search of opportunity in Port Elizabeth, he did not think that just seven years later he would be so close to achieving what once seemed like a pipe dream.
The council also resolved to offer the former contract workers the opportunity to study, which Martin said he “grabbed with both hands”.Martin holds a higher certificate in criminal justice from Unisa, which he financed, after which he began his forensics degree at the same institution, which Nelson Mandela University is paying for.
“I really enjoy my job,” said Martin. “I’m very passionate about this kind of work and I am interested in researching, discovering and solving things. Consultative working groups — representatives from the university’s management, unions, service workers and students —have steered the process over the past two years.
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