Lerato Mbhiza
Monday marks the deadline for the ANC to submit its full cadre deployment records dating back to January 1, 2013, to the DA after the Constitutional Court rejected the ANC’s final appeal bid against a High Court judgment that mandated the handover within five working days.
The governing party is under pressure to comply with the court order, and the DA has warned that failure to do so may lead to the official opposition pursuing a contempt of court order. Such an order could result in consequences such as fines, imprisonment, or both.
The ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said although it would hand over the records, the opposition party and the lawyer were both “fully aware” that deployment committee minutes for five years could not be found.
The ANC told the Zondo commission probing state capture in June 2021 that despite a “thorough search” for the minutes
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