The ANC may begrudgingly take on reforms but these will be cosmetic at best and will not change the fundamental relationship between party and state
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently stated that the recommendations of the Zondo state capture commission were not binding. That comment formed part of a response he submitted to the Johannesburg high court last week regarding the DA’s application that ANC cadre deployment be declared illegal and unconstitutional.
The president’s comment adds further evidence to the argument that substantive reform, especially in terms of how the governing party views its relationship with state organs and institutions, is unlikely to take place. There will be superficial acknowledgment that the policy has wrought negative, corrupt consequences, but the party believes it can alter those consequences by simply getting the “right” people into the correct positions.
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