Gov’t defeated in BDF employee qualification dispute

The court bench of Justices Lot Moroka, Leatile Dambe, and Modiri Letsididi struck out the appeal, saying the notice and grounds of appeal were filed without any signature of either appellant or the attorney representing it.

"There was no compliance with the requirements of the rules of court. This court has held in an ever-growing list of case law that an appeal that is filed in violation of the peremptory requirements of Rule 17 of the Rules of Court is not properly before the court and is liable to be struck out," stated the bench.