ANC not threatened by DA's plans to approach SCA over cadre deployment ruling

JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress (ANC) said it’s not threatened by the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) plans to challenge the dismissal of the DA’s application to declare cadre deployment unconstitutional.

On Wednesday, the High Court in Pretoria ruled that the official opposition failed to convince the full bench of judges that the ANC’s deployment strategy allowed corruption to thrive.

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While the DA is disappointed with the judgment, it has vowed to escalate the matter to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) and possibly the Constitutional Court.

But ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said the DA should go ahead.

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“We are emboldened by the decision of the court, we believe that is a correct decision. We also believe that the DA itself has a duty to declare its own cadre deployment records.”