The launch of the book The Super Cadres will take place at Exclusive Books Loch Logan on Friday, 6 September, starting at 18:00.
This is part of a series of launches hosted countrywide by Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books, presenting another thought-provoking look into the South African political elite by Pieter du Toit.
The author is a political journalist who has held senior positions at numerous Afrikaans titles, including that of political correspondent and news editor at Beeld.
The book launch will involve a discussion with journalist Charles Smith, delving into what Du Toit has dubbed “ANC misrule in the age of deployment”.
“After taking power, the ANC implemented its policy of cadre deployment,” Du Toit explained.
“It sought command of ‘all levers of power’, from cabinet, through the civil service, down to municipal level. Despite the party recently losing its majority, cadre deployment will ensure that the ANC maintains its iron grip on power and patronage, and it remains fused with the state.
“If cadre deployment was a key policy tool for the ANC to gain complete control over the state and society, the assault on the rule of law was a crucial intervention to ensure the party retained command.”
