FORMER DA member Bongani Baloyi has accused the party of applying the same principle of cadre deployment as the ANC.
This after the DA forced the ANC to share records of their cadre deployment dating back to January 2013.
The party has also approached the courts in an attempt to have the cadre deployment policy declared unlawful, but their application was dismissed with cost by the North Gauteng High Court.
Baloyi, who was a member of the DA, said it's true that the party practises cadre deployment.
“When I was mayor of Midvaal between 2013 and 2021, the municipality couldn’t conclude a senior staff appointment without the approval of FedEx. It was standard procedure that all mayors apply to get the approval of FedEx before the municipality would conclude the appointment,” he said.
Federal executive (FedEx) is the highest decision-making power of the DA.
Baloyi said the practice hasn’t changed. He further said if the DA had nothing to hide, they must release minutes of FedEx and people will see that they practised the same cadre deployment that the ANC practises.
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Meanwhile, DA leader John Steenhuisen has announced that they will launch a contempt of court application against the ANC to obtain copies of emails and WhatsApp messages relevant to the period when President Cyril Ramaphosa served as chairman of the ANC’s cadre deployment committee during the height of state capture between 2013 and 2018.
Steenhuisen was giving an update on the records they received from the ANC.
He said the ANC failed to include Ramaphosa’s own emails and WhatsApp messages in the material it handed over to them despite the fact that the president was chairman of this committee during this period and was one of the recipients of the emails and WhatsApp messages in question.
“Ramaphosa ultimately bears responsibility for its operations but fails to depose to an affidavit confirming he has no documents or information for this period,” Steenhuisen said.
He said that on Thursday, 22 February, they issued a letter of demand to the ANC for it to fully comply with the Constitutional Court’s order with the deadline of Saturday, 24 February.
“If they don't adhere to the demand, we will seek an urgent contempt of court ruling that includes prison time aimed specifically at its secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, who acted on behalf of the ANC in this matter,” said Steenhuisen.
