ANC loses appeal against DA over cadre deployment disclosure

Johnathan Paoli

THE Constitutional Court has given the ruling party five days to hand over all records relating to its cadre deployment committee to the opposition party, the DA.

The country’s apex court on Monday ruled that all records, going back to January 2013, when President Cyril Ramaphosa became chairman of the cadre deployment committee encompassing meeting minutes, CVs, emails, Whatsapp messages and other relevant documents.

This ruling comes after the ANC lost its appeals in both the Gauteng High Court as well as the Supreme Court of Appeal.

DA MP Leon Schreiber said these records would show the party and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s complicity in state capture.

“It will help us complete the picture of how state capture took place, who was involved, and who should be held accountable.”

The DA said that it believes cadre deployment is the root cause of the collapse of state capacity, and the