Cape Town- Former North West Premier Thandi Modise and Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Thandi Modise has lodged a complaint with the Press Ombudsman against “The Sowetan” newspaper for distorting her statement on animals that were found abandoned on her farm over the weekend.

The article by the national daily newspaper of Tuesday 8 July 2014 under the headline “I suffered more than my pigs” on its front page is not only defamatory, amounts to character assassination but also creates the impression that Thandi Modise did not value the lives of or care for  the animals that were kept on her farm.

While Modise has expressed sadness and explained in detail the unfortunate and tragic circumstance surrounding the desertion of the animals on her farm, she is angered by the twist that portrays her as uncompassionate which was also extended to the Tuesday SABC TV 2 Morning Live Show.
 
“Desertion of my livestock without my knowledge is the worst nightmare that I have ever experienced and though i might not receive sympathy from some quarters, the least that I expect is that truth be told about what happened and what i said,” Modise said.

She reiterate that though she is deeply saddened by the abandonment and trauma that the livestock suffered, the suffering that the animals endured is greater than the financial loss that she suffered.-TDN
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