Ramaphosa, however, insisted that while it appeared like the committee instructed and commanded ministers on who to appoint, its role was advisory. SiviweFeketha
President Cyril Ramaphosa appearing before the State Capture commission in his capacity as the president and former deputy president of South Africa.President Cyril Ramaphosa’s evidence that the ANC’s deployment committee was playing an advisory role to ministers and not dictating to them on key appointments within the state came under scrutiny before the Zondo commission on Wednesday after his claims were disputed by minutes of the committee.
This includes evidence relating to the party’s contentious deployment policy which has been blamed for enabling the appointment of incompetent and corrupt officials who enabled state capture over the years. Pretorius said the minutes, which spanned from 2018 to 2021, correlated with the “strong evidence that has been led before the commission that in fact the deployment committee commands or instructs, or in fact makes the relevant appointments”.
Ramaphosa, however, insisted that while it appeared like the committee instructed and commanded ministers on who to appoint, its role was advisory. “I know that the issue of deployment has arisen as a major issues but I would like to subject that, much as it has, where the deployment has resulted in people who are incompetent I will concede that that was an error.
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