Speaker ...
Ntate Motau, morenaka, monokotshwai ha o butswe ho ya ka takatso ya tshwene. Batho ba Gauteng ba re ba eme tsii; ha ba sitinyehe, ntate! Lehae la bona le leholo ke mokgatlo o moholo wa ANC. [Mahofi.] Ba itse re o jwetse ba tlo o phoqa! (Translation of Sesotho paragraph follows.)
[Hon Motau, sir, things do not always happen the way we want them to. The people of Gauteng are standing firm; they are not going anywhere, sir! The ANC is their home. [Applause.] They said we should tell you that they are going to disappoint you!]
We must congratulate all voters for turning up during the by-elections that took place throughout the country. We must never take that matter for granted, because exercising their democratic rights is what we would like to see them doing every time.
We would also like to congratulate those who preferred and chose to give the ANC the majority in the outcomes of those by-elections. [Applause.] They certainly know what is best for them in our country, given the history. [Interjections.]
We must condemn, without hesitation, the killing of a councillor in Ulundi and others in our country. We hope that elections ...
Speaker, on a point of order: Ministers are supposed to respond specifically to statements made in the House. I would like to know which statement the hon Minister is responding to. [Interjections.]
Minister, what statement are you responding to?
Speaker, the statements that were made here by the hon Motau and the hon Segale-Diswai.
Proceed and conclude, hon member.
What I am pointing out is that such ...
Speaker, on a point of order: The content of those statements had nothing to do with successes and congratulations on by- elections. [Interjections.]
Speaker, with respect, she is quite confused.
We must insist and appeal to the public out there to bring violence to a halt, regardless of whom it happens to. It is worse when it happens to councillors who are public representatives, who must ...
Speaker, on a point of order: I just want to help the hon Minister. Mr Makhosonke Msibi was not a councillor. So, we do not want that to be published in Hansard. We do not want lies to be published in Hansard.
Hon Shenge, the death of anybody is wrong. The death of councillors is wrong. Do you disagree with that, sir? Thank you very much if you do not. Thank you.