GroundUp reports that Ruth Ntlokotse’s application in the Labour Court in Johannesburg against the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), its general secretary Irvin Jim, and its president Andrew Chirwa, which was to have been heard on 5 August, has been postponed to 19 August.

A full day has been set aside for the court to hear the matter. Ntlokotse, a former Numsa office bearer, is seeking a contempt order against Jim and Chirwa and for Jim to be arrested. She is also asking the court to set aside the union’s recent congress and elections. It is Ntlokotse’s contention that the union has not been in compliance with its own constitution. According to a press statement from Ntlokotse’s attorneys, the union has undertaken to hold off on suspending any union members, or effecting any changes to its constitution until the matter has been heard.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by James Stent at GroundUp
• Read too, It’s Ruth Ntlokotse versus Irvin Jim in court, at GroundUp

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