Terrified ANC scrambles to hide cadre deployment skeletons after DA court victory
3 February 2023
Not to editors: Please find attached soundbite by Dr Leon Schreiber MP.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is not surprised about the panicked response by the African National Congress (ANC) following the DA’s ground-breaking victory in the Johannesburg High Court to compel the party to release complete records of its national cadre deployment committee, including meeting minutes, Whatsapp conversations, email threads, CVs and other documents. Following yesterday’s ruling in favour of the DA in this matter, the ANC hastily announced that it would appeal the case, seemingly prior to even obtaining considered legal advice.
The ANC’s rush to keep secrets from the people of South Africa at all costs only serves to confirm that there are many skeletons buried within the cadre deployment records sought by the DA. After all, if cadre deployment was as harmless as the ANC likes to claim, why are they so desperate to prevent the people of South Africa from seeing the truth about the party’s interference in appointment processes?
Aside from the desperation of the ANC’s rush to appeal this court ruling – which also directed the ANC to pay the DA’s costs in the case – there are two further reasons why the ANC’s response to the ruling is hypocritical.