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33. Finally, the Complainant submits that the Communication complies with Article 56(7)
of the Charter as there was never settlement of issues by parties in accordance with
the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African
Union, the provisions of the Charter or any legal instrument of the African Union. 18
THE SUBMISSIONS OF THE RESPONDENT ON ADMISSIBILITY
34. The Respondent State submits that the Communication is inadmissible, and they
primarily focus on the requirement to exhaust local remedies under Article 56(5).
35. The Respondent State observes that the Complainant's position that simply litigating
to the Constitutional Court is sufficient as it is the apeX'-<::ourt, they submit that the
Complainant still had available domestic remedies that she ought to have exhausted
prior to approaching the Commission. 19
36. It is submitted by the Respondent State that the order of the Limpopo High Court to
strike off the Complainant's case for lack of urgency was not final as the matter was
not adjudicated on the Merits. 20
37. To these ends, the Respondent State propounds that the Complpinant could have set
down the matter again on the normal roll in accordance with the rules of procedure
prevailing in the Respondent State·21
38. The Respondent State avers that the Complainant also has a remedy at her disposal
at the Labor Court, in which by urgent or normal roll she may seek an order against
the Limpopo Health Department to cease the deductions under the Basic Conditions
of Employment Act, No. 75 of 1997. 22 It is submitted in this regard that there is
precedent in the Labour Court of the Respondent State reiterating its jurisdiction over
salary deduction disputes under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. 23
39. It is also the submission of the Respondent State that the Complainant may still
approach the Bargaining Council and lodge an Unfair Labour Practice Oispute· 24
40.According to the Respondent State, this was the position of Judge Snyman in para 51
of the Labour Court's judgment against the Complainant's Application. 25
41 . In light of the foregoing, the Respondent State submits that the Complainant has not
exhausted local
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22 Respondent State's Reply, para 35
23 Respondent State's Reply, para 36-38
24 Respondent State's Reply, para 39
25 Respondent State's Reply, para 39
26 Respondent State's Reply, para 17-23
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