Senior ANC MPs are embroiled in a catfight over a top parliamentary position‚ with Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces Thandi Modise being described as a bully. Details of spat has been is revealed in a complaint to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa‚ ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe and National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete‚ filed by ANC MP in the NCOP Dr Hunadi Mateme who until last week was Chief Whip in the chamber. In the complaint titled "Harrasment‚ bullying and vilification by Cde Thandi Modise‚" which TimesLIVE has seen‚ Mateme tells her party bosses that Modise has been "belittling and haranguing" her for the last two years‚ claiming she is incompetent — without any basis. Mateme claimed in the complaint that Modise’s "relentless onslaught" against her was also extended to other senior ANC figures in the NCOP‚ such as Raserititi Tau who is Modise’s deputy. "Her attitude and demeanour towards me and other ANC deployees‚ particularly ANC whips — whom she cons...
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