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Mel K is on fire....I have always believed (here in SA) that our Constitutional Democracy was/well be our saviing grace: I have been rudely awakened: After FOURTEEN years of lititgation representing myself and I have been blocked from every avenue to reach a hearing in the Labour Court (if the Ed. Dept. had nothing to fear regarding me having a hearing, why did they pull every trick in the book to keep this case from being heard??) My appeal to the appeal court was rejected. I hence approached the CC on the basis of my right to a fair hearing having been violated. The first violation was due to perjury committed by an ED. Dept. Representative in 2010 who withheld vital application forms from teh first arbitration hearing. This only came to light 5 years later when I was sent back to the arbitration process by Judge Cele of the Labour court (caseF593/10) However, having made application to the CC none of the REspondents contested the application. The CC c ourt ruled that the case has 'very little chance of success'. I kid you not. In other words, not matter what the rule of law is, no matter what violations have been called, we, the 8 Judges of the CC, will overrule the constitutional principals, or the rule of law, and apply our own judgement. Having done that they give carte blanch to any organisation or any government official to do anything they like for any reason. i.e. the rules of the Education department trump the rules of the Constitution. You cannot make this stuff up.

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