Cape Town – Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise has refuted claims that she has left the African National Congress (ANC) to join the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party.
Modise described the reports as “fake news” and expressed her loyalty to the ANC.
“Minister Modise categorically rejects any resignation claims or any insinuation that she harbours ambitions to leave the ANC to join any other political party. I remain a loyal and disciplined member of the African National Congress, a party that has been my political home since the early 1970s.
“I equally remain a committed servant of the South African people, having served as Member of Parliament in the first parliament from 1994, the Speaker of the North West Legislature, the deputy secretary-general of the ANC, the premier of the North West Province, chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, the speaker of the National Assembly and currently the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans,” The Citizen quoted Modise as saying.
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She condemned the reports as attempts to undermine ANC unity and create instability in the government.
Modise affirmed her confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s leadership and urged the public to be cautious of unverified sources.
Modise was also a former MK combatant, SABC reported.
“ I reject all these nonsensical lies that I have left the African National Congress (ANC) for any party. I will stay in the ANC and I intend to die as a member of the ANC, no matter what happens to the ANC. So, I would like people to know that those lies out there could not have come from me.
“I want to say to the loyal members of the ANC, continue doing the good work of making sure that we continue to improve the living conditions of our people, and that our comrades who have left and have died in the hands of the apartheid system did not die in vain. That is why no matter what happens to the ANC, I will stay a member of the ANC,” she said, according to the report.
The denial follows the recent expulsion of another ANC member in KwaZulu-Natal, Mervyn Dirks, who openly joined the MK Party.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
