Settlement Agreement in the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)

Bandile Mdlalose was expelled from our movement on the 6th of April. This followed the lodging of a set of formal complaints against her from members of our movement. Following the lodging of these complaints, which were serious, a disciplinary process was followed. This process was carefully documented, conformed to the movement’s rules and was transparent and fair.

Following her dismissal Bandile lodged an action against our movement with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) claiming that she had been unfairly dismissed. We were surprised that she took this action as she was expelled from a political organisation after being found to have violated a number of its rules and not dismissed from a job. We never considered her to be an employee and therefore did not understand why she was taking us to the CCMA. Continue reading →