Limpopo transport dept defies premier's office, forges ahead with Labour Court appeal | News24

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Limpopo transport dept defies premier's office, forges ahead with Labour Court appeal | News24

Limpopo's Transport and Community Safety Department has rejected legal advice - from its own premier - to abandon an appeal in the Labour Court because a case was unwinnable.

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