Eastern Cape ANC secretary Lulama Ngcukayithobi has refused to answer questions about a WhatsApp conversation in which he accuses newly appointed public works MEC Ntombovuyo Nkopane of nepotism. A screengrab of the conversation has been doing the rounds on social media and in it Ngcukayithobi, in isiXhosa, explicitly tells Nkopane that she is committing nepotism by hiring Nomvula Qola as her chief of staff.