Numsa cries foul over labour registrar’s deregistration move
The union is in contravention of the the Labour Relations Act, but says its deregistration would create economic instability in SA
The department of labour has defended its decision to crack the whip on SA’s largest trade union, the National Union of Metalworkers SA (Numsa), saying its stance on the union’s compliance was not politically motivated. Labour relations registrar Lehlohonolo Molefe wrote to Numsa on May 10, stating that its audit reports from 2009 to 2015 had failed to comply with the Labour Relations Act (LRA). The union’s audited financial statements for 2016 and 2017 are still outstanding, he wrote, and requested that explanations for Numsa’s spending and expenditure over the years, amounting to millions of rand, appear on the auditor’s own letterhead. On Wednesday, Molefe told Business Day that the letter he wrote to Numsa was not isolated to the union alone, saying the department does the same with other trade unions. “It’s a standard letter that is sent to everyone. There is no politics here. We are just doing our work, we are not picking on them,” he said, adding that the union had not res...
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