Mogale Rebuffs Political Bullying
City of Tshwane Roads and Transport MMC and ANC Regional Deputy Chairperson, Tlangi Mogale, has launched a scathing public attack against unnamed regional political figures, claiming she is the target of a coordinated campaign of intimidation and threats designed to block her from vying for leadership positions through democratic participation.
The explosive accusations lay bare the cut-throat factional manoeuvres currently destabilising the regional leadership ahead of upcoming elective and candidate nomination windows.
The allegations surface at a critical time for the ANC in Greater Tshwane as regional structures navigate high-stakes internal lobbying to reclaim the executive metro mayoralty for the party ahead of the 2026 local government elections.
Mogale’s claims highlight a deep rift between regional power brokers and candidate hopefuls, though party rivals often dismiss such public declarations as strategic posturing to secure leverage or pre-emptively delegitimise internal voting processes.
“Not me! I am not a walkover, and I will not be bullied by insecure men who think politics revolve around their egos,” Mongale posted on Facebook.
“Many women like me have gone through the same abuse and victimisation and died in silence, not me,” she added.
The political hostility allegedly escalated significantly during internal preparations for organisational voting, when Mogale claims parallel structures were weaponised to force her withdrawal from key contests under the guise of party unity.
Mogale further alleged that when internal pressure failed to break her resolve, regional rivals externalised the conflict by attempting to involve local taxi industry leadership to amplify the personal threat against her.
“In December when everything they had tried to do to block me failed, when they subjected me to so many kangaroo courts where I was surrounded by a group of men and some of them forcing me to withdraw from participating in a democratic process of my organisation, they handed me over to Taxi bosses in an attempt to threaten me to withdraw from contesting the regional conference and to my absolute shock, the same taxi people rejected them and told them they do not interfere in political battles,” she noted.
She claims she was instructed to withdraw by these unnamed men so that ‘there could be unity amongst them’.
“I even had to get additional protection because my life was threatened by these same men.
“Not me, I would only withdraw through a democratic process, not bullying tactics,” she continued.
The timing of Mogale’s statement coincides with the ANC National Executive Committee’s (NEC) recent decision to centralise mayoral and regional candidate selection, effectively stripping regional committees of final appointment powers and forcing all applicants through a rigorous national vetting panel.
Mogale noted that these arranged regional factions against her have recently consolidated their efforts, a development she dismissed as a desperate attempt to protect local patronage networks and enforce obedience.
“Now the plot thickens, and they have merged in an infantile attempt to ‘deal’ with me and honestly, I am unbothered and I wish them all the best.
“I will never surrender my principles and moral values in order to secure a seat to the table (sic).
“Instead I will create one for the thousands of my cdes (cadres) who have been reduced to praise singers and enablers of pick pocketing in the name of the glorious organisation here in Tshwane,” she added.
Mogale vowed to maintain her daily service delivery and executive focus within the capital city despite the severe administrative and personal strain caused by the conflict.
She concluded by reaffirming her loyalty to her constituency, emphasising that her accountability remains bound to her official oath rather than the unverified demands of regional power brokers.
“I wake up every day and live up to the oath I have taken and remain loyal to those who have pinned their last hopes on us, and that is all that matters.
“Those who believe they are untouchable and are masters of our fates can continue to do what they do best.
“I remain Tlangi, and I will never be bullied,” she concluded.
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