GROUNDUP: Numsa’s interdicted national congress to proceed — but a court challenge looms

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GROUNDUP: Numsa’s interdicted national congress to proceed — but a court challenge looms
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Numsa’s second deputy president, Ruth Ntlokotse, issued a warning via her legal representatives to Numsa’s leadership that she would seek a contempt order if the congress went ahead unconstitutionally.

via her legal representatives to Numsa’s leadership that she would seek a contempt order if the congress went ahead unconstitutionally.yesterday in response to Ntlokotse said that the national congress would “only go ahead once the union fully complies with its constitution,” but goes on to say that Numsa “anticipates” that it will be “in full compliance with its constitution” after the central committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning.

Judge Moshoana’s court order interdicted the elective congress until the union complied with its constitution. Judge Moshoana ruled that Numsa’s central committee’s decisions to suspend many Numsa members, its failure to appoint a credentials committee, and its decision to place the Mpumalanga region under administration were unconstitutional.

On Monday, Andile Bloko, the chairperson of Numsa’s Eastern Cape region and one of the erstwhile suspended Numsa leaders,regarding the difficulties faced by Numsa’s central committee in its last-minute attempts to comply with its constitution. However, in the Mpumalanga region, members claimed that the meetings of local shop steward councils to elect their delegates were subject to interference.

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