The DA is engaging the ANC in a battle over the governing party's policy of cadre deployment and Eskom's rolling blackouts, which have plunged the country into indefinite darkness. The DA is asking the court to declare the ANC's cadre deployment unlawful and unconstitutional. Leaders for both parties, Cyril Ramaphosa of the ANC and John Steenhuisen of the DA, have submitted affidavits to the court, and now lawyers for both parties are representing their individual clients in court. The DA is determined to use this court case to outlaw and abolish cadre deployment, whether the current governing party likes it or not.