Modise was born on 1st January 1980 in Zola, Soweto and was named Siphosami Bonisile Sigasa and he is a son to Napoleon Mzuleki Sigasa and Limakatso Emily Maine. His name changed in his childhood after he left Soweto to live with his mother who was married to Mohau Isaac Modise.[1] He was raised in Zola, Soweto and in Sharpeville Vaal.
When he lived in Sharpeville he got to spend a lot of his time with comrade Molahlehi David Congo Majake, Banzo Phohlela, Sefatsa Sefatsa, Kenny Ndongeni, Michael Rapasa and Jikitjela amongst many others.
He is the former ANC Spokesperson in Gauteng .Currently he is serving his second term in the ANC PEC having been elected for a full term in 2018. He has been in the ANC PEC since 2013 when he was appointed to be the ANCYL Provincial Task Team Coordinator and was subsequently elected as the ANCYL Provincial Secretary.
Hon Modise has served as the ANC Gauteng Legislature Caucus Spokesperson.
During his high school years, he was expelled from various schools. He then matriculated at Isizwe Sechaba Secondary School. At Isizwe Sechaba Secondary School he was elected as President of School Representative Council.[1] As a student, he was active in the Congress of South African Students {COSAS} School Drama and Debating team, and he later became active in the African National Congress {ANC} and South African Communist Party {SACP}.
He became the youngest chairperson of his local ANC branch in Vereeniging and also served as both Regional and Provincial Secretary of the ANC Youth League in the Vaal and Gauteng Province.[1]
He is currently studying for Master of Public Management at Regenesys Business School and has a Post Graduate Diploma from University of Johannesburg.
Legislative career
Modise was elected for his first term in the legislature in the 2019 general election. He ranked 33rd on the ANC's provincial party list.[2] After the election he was elected to chair the legislature's Portfolio Committee on Infrastructure Development.[3] He also sits in two Portfolio Committees; namely Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation and the other Standing Committee on Public Accounts. He is also a former member of Social Development. and Oversight Committee on Premier's Office and Legislature.
After the May 29 2024 election, he was deployed to the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. In the NCOP he was elected to chair the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources.
In this committee, he oversee the following departments
1. Mineral and Petroleum Resources
2. Fisheries, Foresty and Environment
3. Land Reform and Rural Development
4. Energy and Electricity
5. Agriculture
He also sits in the Select Committee on Economic Development and they have the following departments
1. Tourism
2. Employment and Labour
3. Communications and Digital Technologies
4. Trade, Industries and Competition
5. Small Business Development
Personal life
He is married to Boitumelo and has two daughters and a son. He is a fan of Orlando Pirates F.C., which he refers to as THE INSTITUTION of Sofasonke Mpanza. He is trained in both community and formal classical theatre. Kwaito is his first love when it comes to music followed by classical music.[1] Having brought up in both Soweto and Vaal, he is conversant in IsiZulu, Sesotho, and a little bit of Setswana, Sepedi, IsiXhosa and English. In addition to these languages, he has a command over township lingo.
