In the opinion pages today, the ANC’s cadre deployment program is rife with corruption and helped state capture thrive, and as it turns out maybe Ramaphosa is just like Zuma.
Deployment destruction: Why cadre deployment doesn’t work – and what should replace it – News24
News24’s Friday Briefing takes a closer look at the ANC’s cadre deployment system and how it enabled state capture to not only happen but to thrive as it enriched former president Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family.
Articles have been gathered from Trevor Manuel, Professor William Gumede, Terence Corrigan, Khaya Sithole and Wayne Duvenage.
The publication cites the final volumes of the Zondo Commission report, which finds that the cadre deployment policy “violated five different subsections of the Constitution and contravened the Public Service Act.” Read more here.
It turns out Ramaphosa and Zuma are cut from the same cloth – TimesLIVE Premium (for subscribers)
When Cyril Ramaphosa entered office he made sure to distance himself from his predecessor and sought to counter Jacob Zuma’s corrupt nature by being an open and accountable president.
Ramaphosa has organised more commissions of inquiry than any president since 1994 writes Makhudu Sefra and has wanted everyone to come clean with their misdeeds and lay their cards on the table.
But as it turns out the president’s Phala Phala farm robbery has shown him to be little more than cut from the same cloth as Zuma and where he had Nkandla, Ramaphosa has Phala Phala. Read more here.
Here’s what else we’re reading today:
Dark lessons in democracy from both the US Supreme Court and our own under-attack judiciary – Daily Maverick
It’s time to consider proper fuel saving – The Citizen (for subscribers)
SA’s electricity woes are caused by ourselves – The Citizen (for subscribers)
ANTHONY BUTLER: If the grid collapses, SA is a few meals away from chaos – Business Day (for subscribers)
NICHOLAS WOODE-SMITH: Opposition parties must gang up to keep ANC from power – Business Day
TOM EATON | Light bulb moment, Cyril. Why are you in Gaborone while we’re in the dark? – TimesLIVE Premium (for subscribers)
