DA leader John Steenhuisen points to a diagram showing the difference between legitimate political appointees and civil servants.
The DA has criticized the ANC over the placement of senior officials, but the four defended themselves against accusations that they were blaming the ANC, saying it was not a matter of who was appointed, but the process that followed. I tried.
Last week, after the ruling party handed over some records of the dispatch commission, the state police criticized the ANC over its cadre dispatch policy, and the ANC hit back, accusing the state police of implementing its own cadre dispatch practices.
Records provided by the ANC show that the Deployment Commission attempts to directly interfere with the judiciary, that the Deployment Commission has complete control over the appointment of senior government officials, and that it does not appoint senior officials to any position without the consent of the Commission. It shows that it is not possible. The ANC gave priority to experts with many years of service to the party when deciding who should be placed in state institutions.
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