Tumi laments that big political organisations such as the, Inkatha Freedom Party and the Economic Freedom Fighters still have men at the helm of leadership positions.
She explained that she finds it ironic that men are at the forefront of discussions about the emancipation of women like it is some favour that needs to be handed down to women in politics. "Women voters are more than men voters during elections, and who do they vote for? They vote for men."I think women are self-sabotaging when it comes to leadership roles in political spaces.
It is no surprise that Ramakoaba feels this passionately about women occupying leadership positions in politics because she looks up to powerful women such as former deputy presidentThe first female deputy president inspired Ramakoaba because she navigated spaces predominantly occupied by men, such as mining and energy.