ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe has denied that an ANC memorandum on deployment committee procedures is real, but his statement raises more questions than it answers.
There was not much public ado ahead of the ANC’s National Executive Committee meeting this weekend. The digital platform and the fact that nobody had to leave their cellphone in a brown envelope at the door and could theoretically record the meeting, means that secrecy was somewhat compromised and sensitive issues would be debated elsewhere, such as on a WhatsApp group of loyalists or, for those who are more Covid-daring, in person.
It also stipulates in detail the process the minister should follow, adding that “no appointment should be taken to cabinet without passing through the deployment committee first”. It purports to come from ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule, and although it doesn’t bear his physical signature, this could be explained away by the fact that the memo was sent out digitally. It is addressed to “All Deployed Comrades”.
When spokesperson Pule Mabe on Saturday 27 June issued a statement saying the letter was fake, his denial sounded credible enough. He didn’t speculate about the origin of the letter, but the ANC has been so divided since its 2017 conference that it often issues contradictory messages. On Sunday, Mabe said he was unable to provide further clarity on what the ANC deployment committee’s policy and processes are because he was busy with the NEC meeting. In the statement, he appears to deny that the deployment committee plays any role in government appointments at all, which is contrary to the ANC’s stated policy to date.
Earlier this month, Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in an online lecture to the ANC-aligned OR Tambo School of Leadership, echoed this.
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