Delegates are seen in attendance at Numsa's National Congress on 28 July 2022 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.Delegates are seen in attendance at Numsa's National Congress on 28 July 2022 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre., which was supposed to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday, has been cancelled.
The congress was initially set to run from Monday until today, but it only started on Wednesday after the Labour Court in Johannesburg ruled that the congress should only be convened if it fully complies with Numsa’s constitution. The trade union says it decided to convene the congress because it partially complied with the judgement, while it was appealing against some of the other rulings which were made.The union says it will now be approaching the Labour Appeals Court toNUMSA will petition the Supreme Court of Appeal for direct access because the Labour court denied the union leave to appeal. We intend to appeal the decision handed down by Justice Moshoana.