Last week, the urgent application in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria brought by three members of the allegedly disbanded Necsa Board to set aside Energy Minister Jeff Radebe’s controversial order for their removal, was struck from the urgent role due to an eleventh-hour tactic. By filing more than 800 additional pages the case was no longer “urgent” on a technicality. The Minister’s 800 pages made an urgent hearing impossible, explained the dismissed trio. Necsa case not urgentIn his answering affidavit, Radebe originally argued that the case was not urgent. Far from acting in a defiant and insubordinate manner, the three Board members challenging him insist they took a principled stand in the interests of Necsa and South Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 21, 2019 10:41 UTC