We thank the executive leadership of Parliament as led by Speaker Mbete in the National Assembly and Mme Thandi Modise in the National Council of Provinces for having demonstrated astute leadership over the past five years. The exceptional leadership of these two outstanding women bares testimony to the saying"wathinta umfazi, wathinta imbokodo" (you strike a woman, you strike a rock). Though our conduct as MPs has sometimes given our Presiding Officers greys hairs, they continued to conduct themselves in the most professional manner.