ANC welcomes Pretoria Court ruling dismissing DA’s appeal on cadre deployment

ANC welcomes Pretoria Court ruling dismissing DA’s appeal on cadre deployment

ANC’s Cadre Deployment Policy Upheld in Court, Dealing Blow to DA’s Anti-Corruption Fight

The Gauteng High Court has dismissed the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) bid to overturn the ANC’s cadre deployment policy, reaffirming a lower court’s ruling that the practice does not inherently violate the Constitution. In a judgment delivered by Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba, the court found the DA’s arguments “speculative,” stating that while political parties may influence state appointments, this alone does not render the policy unlawf…