The Saturday-shift legal dispute with trade unions has yet to be resolved, says Department of Home Affairs director-general Mkhuseli Apleni. At his first briefing with reporters after he successfully challenged his suspension by former home affairs minister Hlengiwe Mkhize, Apleni offered little detail about the stages of the dispute that had already been argued in the Constitutional Court. Mkhize had suspended him in September on the grounds of gross misconduct and insubordination in several matters including his insistence on fighting numerous court judgments that rejected the department’s decision to compel employees to work Saturday shifts. In turn, Apleni said the minister got rid of him to settle legal disputes that he had been intent on fighting, while emphasising in legal papers that the minister had no authority to suspend him. The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union had previously cautioned Apleni to focus on resolving the matter to restore healthy labour r...
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