Round Two to TransNamib

TRANSNAMIB has won the second round of its legal battle with former manager Bernhardt !Gaeb.Judge Elton Hoff, sitting in his capacity as President of the Labour Court, on Friday told TransNamib that the company does not have to comply with an earlier court order by the District Labour Court.

On May 16, the District Labour Court instructed TransNamib to pay !Gaeb N$468 200 . On May 19, the company filed an urgent application to stay the order until their appeal against it is heard.Judge Hoff’s reasons for the ruling will be available tomorrow.The ruling came after TransNamib’s legal team and !Gaeb’s lawyer addressed Hoff on July 11 on why the District Labour ruling should or should not be made final.TransNamib wants to stop an order that will keep !Gaeb on the company’s medical aid scheme for the next four years and pay him full pension benefits, in addition to the N$468 200.!Gaeb resigned in January following an alleged witch-hunt against former managers assigned to a project to turn around Trans-Namib’s financial position.They were not reinstated in their former positions after the project was completed.The other former TransNamib managers are Moses Mbai, Gothard !Howaeb and Erenfried ‘Tjivi’ Ndjoonduezu.They were all found guilty of “misconduct” by a disciplinary hearing.!Gaeb was represented by Geoffrey Dicks, who acted on instruction from Jeff Tjitemisa.Albert Strydom, acting on instruction from Shikongo Chambers, acted on behalf of TransNamib.On May 19, the company filed an urgent application to stay the order until their appeal against it is heard.Judge Hoff’s reasons for the ruling will be available tomorrow.The ruling came after TransNamib’s legal team and !Gaeb’s lawyer addressed Hoff on July 11 on why the District Labour ruling should or should not be made final.TransNamib wants to stop an order that will keep !Gaeb on the company’s medical aid scheme for the next four years and pay him full pension benefits, in addition to the N$468 200.!Gaeb resigned in January following an alleged witch-hunt against former managers assigned to a project to turn around Trans-Namib’s financial position.They were not reinstated in their former positions after the project was completed.The other former TransNamib managers are Moses Mbai, Gothard !Howaeb and Erenfried ‘Tjivi’ Ndjoonduezu.They were all found guilty of “misconduct” by a disciplinary hearing.!Gaeb was represented by Geoffrey Dicks, who acted on instruction from Jeff Tjitemisa.Albert Strydom, acting on instruction from Shikongo Chambers, acted on behalf of TransNamib.