Cadre deployment or serve one term – ANC tells BNF

Friday, July 11, 2025 | 530 Views |

While President Duma Boko rejects cadre deployment, the African National Congress (ANC) says the arrangement cannot be ignored, or else the current Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government will serve only one term.

The cadre policy and deployment strategy were adopted by the ANC when South Africa attained democracy in 1994 and they focused on the ruling party having loyal party hands in strategic positions at various levels of government.

Locally, as Botswana National Front (BNF) diehards push for the deployment of their members in key roles, party leader Boko has made it clear that he shuns cadre deployment because he has seen it destroy governments.

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