Eastern Cape Numsa leaders are at the forefront of the grouping that successfully halted the union’s national conference. The union was supposed to sit for its conference on Monday but the labour court in Johannesburg stopped the conference over the suspension of 30 Numsa leaders. Those suspended include Eastern Cape chair Andile Bloko, secretary Mziyanda Twani, deputy chair Mandla Mazwayi and secretary for PE Local, Mphambukeli Mpofu.