DA lodges Public Protector complaint against ANC cadre deployment committee
8 July 2020
The Democratic Alliance (DA) lodged a complaint with the Public Protector yesterday to investigate whether any senior government appointments made by members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet have been influenced by the cadre deployment committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
This action follows after a leaked memorandum from the office of the ANC Secretary-General revealed that the party has instructed members of cabinet that “no appointment should be taken to cabinet without passing through the [ANC] deployment committee first.” In addition to seemingly confirming that the ANC’s project of state capture continues unabated, the memorandum also revealed how ANC members are preferenced in appointment decisions. The document states that the office of deputy secretary-general, Jessie Duarte, “should be informed of all posts prior to them being advertised.”
In our complaint, the DA has requested that the Public Protector investigate whether:
Any member of cabinet has received the cadre deployment memorandum, or any other substantively similar instructions from the ANC;