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Bones Modise

Mpho Gift "Bones" Modise (born January 1980), né Siphosami Bonisile Sigasa, is a South African politician. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) serving in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. A former ANC Youth League activist and civil servant, he was elected to his first term in the 2019 general election.

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Mpho Gift "Bones" Modise (born January 1980), né Siphosami Bonisile Sigasa, is a South African politician. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) serving in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. A former ANC Youth League activist and civil servant, he was elected to his first term in the 2019 general election.

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1980 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1980". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378408331

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.