BL Premium reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) has dismissed as “frivolous” the ANC’s decision to approach the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to appeal against a lower-court ruling on its controversial cadre deployment policy.

This comes the Supreme Court of Appeal last week dismissed ANC attempts to appeal against two rulings by the High Court in Johannesburg forcing the ANC to hand over records of its cadre deployment committee since 1 January 2013, when President Cyril Ramaphosa became chair. The DA has long advocated the abolishment of the policy, which it says is at the centre of the weakening of state institutions through the deployment of cadres who often lack the skills and experience to run government agencies, enterprises and departments. The DA maintains that through the policy the ANC illegally interferes in the appointment processes to ensure its cadres are appointed on the basis of their loyalty to the governing party, rather than merit and skill. In the final part of the state capture commission report released in June 2022, commission chair and chief justice Raymond Zondo declared the policy unconstitutional and illegal. The DA is also awaiting a ruling in a second court application, “where we have asked the Pretoria high court to declare ANC cadre deployment unconstitutional and unlawful.”

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)

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