Thirty National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) officials who claim they were suspended so that they could be sidelined ahead of a crucial conference, are headed to the Labour Court on Friday to attempt to have their sanctions lifted. If this is unsuccessful, they will ask to have the Labour Court in Johannesburg to postpone the union’s high-stakes conference at the Cape Town International Convention Center next week, where new national office bearers will be elected.