The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) for leave to appeal against a lower court’s judgment on retrenchments at Royal Bafokeng platinum mine five years ago.
Amcu approached the top court to challenge the constitutionality of certain sections of the Labour Relations Act (LRA), after failing to convince the labour court and subsequently the labour appeal court to overturn the axing of its 103 members by the mine in September 2015...
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