Cape Town — The Democratic Alliance (DA) has given the African National Congress (ANC) until Monday 26 February to hand over all the outstanding cadre deployment documents.
The ANC and DA have been going back and forth with each other over cadre deployment.
Last week, the ANC announced it will continue to practice cadre deployment and insisted they hired candidates suited to government positions. The ANC handed over it cadre deployment documents per the Constitutional Court order.
In response, the DA threatened to launch a contempt of court to force the ANC to hand over more documents from its cadre deployment committee meetings as it felt the ruling party withheld important information.
DA leader, John Steenhuisen, told the media in Cape Town that would institute a case against ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, who he accused of hiding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s role in the cadre deployment saga, SABC News reported.
📌 The ANC’s cadre deployment policy and corruption have led to the demise of many cities and towns, impacting the lives of tens of millions of South Africans.
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— Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) February 26, 2024
According to JacarandaFM, the DA felt the ANC failed to include Ramaphosa’s emails and WhatsApps, even though he was the committee’s chairperson, and it failed to provide a list of all decisions the committee took.
“The ANC extensively redacted the documents despite not being entitled to do so by the court order. They have provided no information for a five-year period during which Ramaphosa was the cadre deployment committee chairperson. The ANC also failed to mention this in their court papers,” Steenhisen said.
In addition, his party believes that Ramaphosa bears the responsibility for this operation but claims he failed to depose an affidavit confirming he has no documents or information for this period.
“They failed to provide minutes that were not formally adopted, even though the court order obliges the party to hand over all relevant information,” Steenhuisen said.
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