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Molawa and Others v Matjhabeng Local Municipality and Another, Case No. 2026-157576 (Labour Court, Durban)
·Labour Court of South Africa, Durban·ZAOther
Municipal employees applied urgently to the Labour Court of South Africa in Durban to halt a disciplinary hearing after their lawyers found the presiding chairperson's ruling relied on labour-court authorities that do not exist. The court recorded the fictitious citations in its 13 July 2026 judgment; the final disposition of the application is not confirmed from the available extract.
- Court
- Labour Court of South Africa, Durban
- Date
- 2026-07-13
- Who used the AI
- Other
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The chairperson of a municipal disciplinary hearing, Dr Dan Raseluma N.O., issued a ruling on 3 June 2026 citing a nonexistent Labour Appeal Court case (NUMSA obo Masinga v Toyota SA Motors), a nonexistent Toyota SA Motors v CCMA 2016 ZALAC 28, and Endumeni for a proposition it does not contain.
- Outcome
- Other
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Molawa and Others v Matjhabeng Local Municipality and Another, Case No. 2026-157576 (Labour Court, Durban)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/molawa-v-matjhabeng (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.