Marenga had approached the Court with an urgent application after learning that the rival faction had last week, unbeknown to him, got an interdict against him, barring him from discharging his duties as BOPEU general secretary.
Marenga had been issuing notice to a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting for last week Saturday (Dec 19), when an interdict against that action was effected. However Marenga only learnt after the fact, having not been served prior to defend his actions. Subsequently, he filed an urgent complaint with the same judge which was scheduled for hearing on Tuesday, arguing that the other faction had sought the interdict behind his back, and that the interdict was fraudulent since another Court had already ruled on exactly similar matter and favoured Marenga. He was referring to a judgement of November 27, 2020 in which three judges panel, had among others decided on the interdict by Olefile Fast Monakwe to halt Marenga and Masego Mogwera from holding themselves as general secretary and president of BOPEU, and return two vehicles in their possessions. The panel had ruled in favor of Mogwera and Marenga in that case, and said they could continue using the two vehicles in their powers, since the April 27, 2019 meeting was found to have been invalid and all its resolutions.
