LABOUR LAW – CONDONATION APPLICATION – INTERPRETATION OF SECTION 89(3) OF THE LABOUR ACT 11 OF 2007 AND RULE 17(25) OF THE LABOUR COURT RULES – COURT’S POWER TO CONDONE VIS-À-VIS LAPSING OF APPEAL . Haukambe v National Disability Council of Namibia NALCMD 28 (7 July 2023)

Interpretation of section 89(3) of the Labour Act 11 of 2007:

The appeal was to condone the applicants’ late noting of an appeal against the arbitration award. The court receives its power to condone from section 89(3) of the Labour Act 11 of 2007 which Parker AJ interpreted to read as: “Where an appeal has been noted out of the time limit prescribed by section 89(2), the appeal remains on the court roll, except that the court cannot hear it until and unless on good cause shown, the court has condoned the late noting of the appeal . . .

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