ANC suffers another blow in court in DA's ongoing cadre deployment case against it

CAPE TOWN - The African National Congress (ANC) has suffered another blow in the courts in the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) ongoing cadre deployment case against it.

On Friday, the Johannesburg High Court dismissed an application by the ANC for leave to appeal a judgment, that it is in contempt of court for not handing over all its records on cadre deployment decisions as per a previous court ruling.

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In Friday’s judgment, the court found the ANC did not advance any new grounds that would suggest another court would come to a different conclusion that it has failed to comply fully with the order to hand over the documents.

In the ongoing battle between the DA and the ANC over cadre deployment - the ANC has been found wanting to disclose its full paper trail on its cadre deployment decisions - having to date only handed over redacted records.

The DA wants the full records to prove that the ANC’s patronage network led to State capture and corruption.

In February, the Constitutional Court gave the ANC five days to hand over its cadre deployment records dating back to 2013 when President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired the committee.

This included all meeting minutes, CVs, emails and phone messages.

"Since our victory in the Constitutional Court which forced the ANC to release its cadre deployment records, we have uncovered a web of politically motivated appointments that have crippled service delivery and undermined the professionalism of the public service sector," said DA spokesperson Willie Aucamp.

Aucamp said as a key player in the Government of National Unity the DA won’t shirk its responsibility to hold the ANC accountable for the sake of good governance and transparency.