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Labour Court of South Africa, Port Elizabeth

The Labour Court has the same status as a high court. The Labour Court adjudicates matters relating to labour disputes. Appeals are made to the Labour Appeal Court.

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Bird street 2, Central Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, 6001
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March 2013
Dukada v MEC Department of Provincial Planning and Treasury Province of Eastern Cape and Others (P 27/13) [2013] ZALCPE 5 (28 March 2013)
Reported
Chairperson's failure to consider available non-legal representatives and employee's prejudice made allowance of legal representation reviewable.
Disciplinary procedure – legal representation – SMS Handbook clause 2.7(3)(e) – whether mandatory or directory; administrative law – discretion and reasonableness – chairperson must consider availability of non-legal representatives and prejudice from legal costs; civil procedure – strike out of irrelevant, scandalous or vexatious allegations.
 28 March 2013
Arends and Others v SALGBC N.O. and Others (P107/12) [2013] ZALCPE 6 (1 March 2013)
Non‑party employees cannot invoke s24 arbitration; dispute was contractual, so review dismissed.
Labour law – LRA s24 – Disputes about collective agreements – Interpretation/application limited to parties to the agreement – Non-party employees are beneficiaries, not parties – Jurisdictional facts required before arbitration – Distinction between interpretation issue in a dispute and the true dispute – Review of jurisdictional ruling.
 1 March 2013