Constitutional Court: Hlaudi Motsoeneng must cough up
Ten ConCourt judges unanimously found that Hlaudi Motsoeneng must pay the legal costs of trade unions Solidarity and Bemawu that represented the SABC 8 in their case in the Labour Court over their unlawful dismissal.
According to Solidarity Chief Executive Dr Dirk Hermann, the parties’ total cost could amount to between R1,6 and R1,8 million.
This comes after Motsoeneng had approached the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal against an earlier ruling of the Labour Court.
In 2016 the Labour Court ordered that Motsoeneng be held liable in his personal capacity for the legal costs following the unlawful dismissal of the SABC 8.
The country’s highest court found that Motsoeneng stood no chance of success in that court, issuing another cost order against him.