South Africa’s official opposition is seeking an order declaring the ruling party in contempt of court for “unpermitted” redactions in the ANC’s cadre deployment records.
seeking a court order finding the ANC in contempt of court and compelling the ruling party to hand over a “crashed” laptop with cadre deployment records to an independent IT expert.
The legal action comes after the ANC handed over limited cadre deployment records from 2013 to 2018 to the DA in February 2024. In the records the ANC did hand over to the DA, it redacted the names of numerous individuals and relevant information, which it previously argued was because of the Protection of Personal Information Act.
“During 2023, my personal email, which I used for the deployment committee, was full,” Masilela said in an affidavit directed to the DA. “By refusing to be bound by an order upheld by the Constitutional Court, the ANC risks triggering a full-blown constitutional crisis,” Schreiber said.