The inclusion of more women in the African National Congress ’s Top 7 is long overdue. That is according to senior ANC member Thandi Modise, who spoke to the SABC News on the sidelines of the ANC Gala Dinner at the Imvelo Safari in Reddersburg, outside Bloemfontein.
Modise’s remarks follow the appointment of Nomvula Mokonyane as the party’s first Deputy Secretary-General, Maropene Ramokgopa as the second Deputy Secretary-General, and Dr Gwen Ramokgopa as the party’s Treasurer General, making three women out of the party’s seven-member top structure. However, she was quick to point out that “the new energy” also needs to be harnessed correctly to ensure that it serves the interests of the people.