Era of state capture will end on the day cadre deployment dies South Africans need to mobilise to expose ANC political patronage for the damage it has wrought By Leon Schreiber - 30 April 2021 Image: GALLO IMAGES The ANC is running scared over the growing public outcry against cadre deployment. That much is clear from Paul Mashatile’s tortured defence of this evil system (“Cadre deployment is still required for transformation”, April 28). It is also obvious from ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa’s testimony thus far in front of the state capture commission. Despite his claim to the contrary at the outset of his testimony, Ramaphosa has spent much of his time in front of the commission defending the indefensible system of cadre deployment.