R3.19 million payout to former worker Etienne Jordaan was authorised this month after the Cape Town Labour Court found that 13 years of litigation left him financially ruined, reports Cape town Etc .
The court placed the September 2025 judgment into operation so Jordaan may execute an arbitration award while a petition for leave to appeal remains pending.
Acting Judge Coen De Kock said the sequence of repeated challenges by the employer had produced circumstances that were truly exceptional and that further delay could deprive Jordaan of the benefit of his victory.
