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Fin24 reports that National Union of Metalworkers of SA’s (Numsa’s) second deputy president, Ruth Ntlokotse, has claimed in court papers that her suspension was aimed at preventing her from running to be elected the union's president at its forthcoming conference.
Ntlokotse has approached the Labour Court in Johannesburg to have her suspension from the union declared invalid. In her affidavit, she indicated that she planned to run for president against Mac Chavalala, whom she defeated in a SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) conference in May to become president of Numsa's umbrella federation. The founding affidavit from Ntlokotse said she sought this relief on an urgent basis so that she could attend and participate in the union's conference in Cape Town next week. Ntlokotse submitted that the precautionary suspension of office bearers and shopstewards was meant to frustrate democratic processes by eliminating officials so they could not stand for positions. Ntlokotse's affidavit asserted that the central committee acted outside of the provisions of the Numsa constitution to place her on precautionary suspension. The affidavit also indicated that Ntlokotse wanted Numsa's Mpumalanga region to be allowed to participate in the upcoming conference. Alternatively, the conference should be halted, while the nature of the disputes that led to her suspension and that of 30 other officials was investigated and established. Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said last week that the union's central committee meeting resolved that Ntlokotse should be suspended for acting outside of the union's wishes.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khulekani Magubane at Fin24
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