'UCT responds on minimum wage', 10 Dec 2014: UCT's Deputy Vice-Chancellor [Professor Frances Peterson says]...As a publicly funded institution, we have a duty to spend as wisely and effectively as possible...But another consideration has always been the welfare and...fair treatment of...colleagues....contracted to UCT via outsourcing...UCT is committed to ensuring that these colleagues do not come under any disadvantage...For this reason, the university has drawn up, and enforces, a code of conduct that must be signed and adhered to by...outsourced companies...to ensure a minimum wage is paid to every outsourced worker that is higher than the country’s minimum wage...UCT has demonstrated leadership in...upholding fair treatment and workers’ rights...The challenge has been in finding a correct methodology in calculating such a level...The university wants to emphasise that its commitment to the welfare of outsourced workers remains strong and that it will continue to seek to set a minimum wage that exceeds the industry norm.