Johannesburg court overturns reinstatement of correctional officers for falsifying parolee visits.
The Labour Court in Johannesburg has overturned a settlement agreement that reinstated three dismissed Department of Correctional Services (DCS) employees with full back pay, ruling that the agreement was unlawfully concluded and ordering that their unfair dismissal disputes return to arbitration for a hearing on the merits.
Acting Judge Snyman ruled in favour of the Department of Correctional Services after it launched an urgent self-review application to challenge its own decision to settle the employees' dismissal disputes.
The court found that the department had established sufficient grounds to have the settlement agreement and the arbitration award based on it declared invalid.
The case involved employees M.E. Kgowe, A.W. Zwane and I.O. Banda, who had been dismissed after an internal investigation into alleged fraudulent conduct at the Krugersdorp Community Corrections Office.
