Ramaphosa affidavit ignores Zondo commission findings on cadre deployment
President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed an affidavit in the High Court in Johannesburg in opposition to an application by the DA to have cadre deployment declared illegal.
This comes in spite of a finding by the commission of inquiry into state capture which found the ANC’s cadre deployment policy to be unlawful and unconstitutional.
The policy, which sees the governing party deploy members to strategic positions in the economy, has been described as one of the main reasons behind the collapse of the country’s state-owned enterprises.
In his affidavit, Ramaphosa says the DA's application seeks to pre-empt the processes of commission of inquiries in future.
"The state capture recommendations are not binding; they are aimed at assisting me as president to address the issues that were at the heart of the inquiry."
However, the Director of Accountability Now, Advocate Paul Hoffman, believes cadre deployment was at the centre of the inquiry.
"Cadre deployment aspect of the Zondo commission is confirmation of what the law means, that you can't be loyal to the people of South Africa and loyal to your party-political bosses at the same time. That is the conflict that arises."
The DA's Leon Schreiber said they will not stop until cadre deployment is declared unlawful and unconstitutional.
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