ANC ordered to release cadre deployment secrets

The African National Congress (ANC) has been ordered by the Constitutional Court to hand over all cadre deployment records dating back to 1 January 2013, when President Cyril Ramaphosa became chairman of the cadre deployment committee.

The apex court judgment comes after an earlier decision by the Gauteng High Court to force the ruling party to hand over all cadre deployment records to the Democratic Alliance (DA) within five days.

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FIVE DAYS TO HAND OVER CV’S, EMAILS AND WHATSAPP MESSAGES

“In terms of the judgment, the ANC now has five working days to hand over to the DA all meeting minutes, CVs, email threads, Whatsapp discussions, and other relevant documents relating to the cadre deployment committee, dating back more than a decade,” said Leon Schreiber, the DA’s Shadow Minister of Public Service and Administration.

He said the court ruling would ensure transparency by forcing the ANC to reveal how Ramaphosa’s cadre deployment committee laid the foundation for state capture by interfering in public appointment processes.

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RAMAPHOSA PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN STATE CAPTURE, SAYS DA

“The DA encourages any South African who has been overlooked for a public sector job to use this precedent to force the ANC to reveal how it uses cadre deployment to block skilled applicants from being appointed in order to favour its chosen cadres,” he said.

Schreiber also said the records will reveal that Ramaphosa was personally involved in the state capture project in his capacity as cadre deployment chairman.

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DA: ‘CADRE DEPLOYMENT ROOT CAUSE OF STATE COLLAPSE’

He added that cadre deployment is the root cause of the collapse in state capacity because it enables the ANC to appoint people in the public sector based on loyalty to the party rather than merit and skill.

“This destroys the capacity of the state to deliver services, rendering cadre deployment as a key cause of crises like load shedding, water-shedding, infrastructure collapse, and economic decline,” he said.

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