DA MP Leon Schreiber. (Jan Gerber/News24)
Another court battle between the DA and ANC over cadre deployment records looms on the eve of the general elections.
In February, after a long court battle, the ANC handed over records of its national deployment committee as per a court order. And while the records were incomplete and heavily redacted, they did provide insight into the committee’s workings, including indications of how it summoned ministers, and even President Cyril Ramaphosa, to explain themselves on the execution of their executive functions.
A letter leaked to the DA, which DA MP Leon Schreiber – who spearheaded the party’s campaign against cadre deployment – provided to the media, suggests the deployment practice also occurs at municipal level.
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