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President Ramaphosa: For a sitting president to come to a commission such as this one, a commission that he has established, some people say it’s unheard of. But we felt it was good to come both as president of the governing party as well as the president of the country. As ANC we support the work of this commission and affirm our total commitment to provide assistance to the commission to do this work, and with this, Mr chairperson, I would like to thank you.”
Justice Zondo: I m not aware of a sitting president in the history of this country appearing before a commission. I may be mistaken.
Ramaphosa distances himself from dubious Zuma-era appointments
President Cyril Ramaphosa told the Zondo commission on Wednesday that in the Zuma era the ANC’s deployment committee, which he headed for part of that period,
was bypassed regarding a number of dubious appointments at state-owned enterprises, including those of Brian Molefe and Anoj Singh at Eskom and Transnet
In his first appearance before the commission, Ramaphosa put this down to “massive systems failure” and responded in similar vein to other questions on glaring breaches of government policy and ANC guidelines.
“Certain people were put in certain positions to advance certain agendas as you are investigating now on the capture of some of those entities,” he said. “Some of it was so hidden, so masked, that you just could not see that a certain individual [who] was there was [part of] a particular agenda.”
Ramaphosa says ANC deployment policy aids factionalism and careerism ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa at the state capture inquiry on Wednesday. Image: Thapelo Morebudi/Sunday Times
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday admitted that party deployment was sometimes taken advantage of to advance factionalism and careerism within ANC ranks.
Ramaphosa was grilled by the state capture inquiry on the ANC deployment policy and its relevance.
The president followed in the footsteps of ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe who recently told the commission that the policy was meant to advance the ANC s political mandate within the state.
He said the ANC did not appoint people in state entities but merely recommended them.
Ramaphosa defends ANC s cadre deployment policy Updated
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African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted the importance of the party’s deployment committee.
Ramaphosa appeared at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday in his capacity as the president of the African National Congress.
He expected to appear again on Thursday and at the end of May in his capacity as head of state.
He spent his first day at the commission answering questions related to the party s cadre deployment policy.
In 2018, former Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan slammed the policy, stating that members of the ANC are deployed in key government positions including state-owned entities based on loyalty to the party and without the required skills and competence.