None – no statute or statutory provision is quoted, interpreted or applied. The court relies exclusively on common-law procedural principles and the precedent in Ncube v Ndebele.
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{"issue_text":"Whether the court should grant condonation for respondent's failure to file response within prescribed time limits","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Respondent received notice 13 Feb 2015, filed out-of-time response 26 March 2015, failed to regularise position"}
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The appellant employee noted an appeal with the Labour Court on 12 February 2015. The respondent received notice to file a response on 13 February 2015 but failed to action it. Despite multiple opportunities and the appellant raising the issue in heads of argument filed 20 April 2015, the respondent only filed an out-of-time response stamped 26 March 2015 and failed to regularise their position.
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