THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) plans to file a direct application to the Labour Appeals Court to have the validity of the interdicted congress affirmed.
This after the Labour Court judge Graham Moshoana denied NUMSA an application for leave to appeal its ruling interdicting its controversial and chaotic national congress this week.
Moshoana’s ruling on Thursday paves the way for the decisions of the national congress, including the election of leaders as happened on Wednesday evening, to be nullified.
In his earlier judgment, Moshoana had lambasted NUMSA’s Central Committee as “a law unto itself, a gate-keeper, credentials committee, a referee and a player”.
However, NUMSA said on Thursday that the court erred when it found that its Central Committee does not have the power to suspend.
The union said in terms of the constitution any decision of the NEC or any other lower structure, is subject
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