Hon Chairperson, House Chairpersons, permanent delegates to the NCOP, Minister, Deputy Minister, special delegates from the different provinces and our guests in the gallery ...
... ba gaMampuru ba a le tami?a. Ke rata go lemo?a badudi le baagi ba Afrika-Borwa gore ba se ke ba tlalet?wa le go thothomet?wa ke bagadit?ong ba rena bao ba tlago mo ba etla ka ditaba t?a keleketla. Ke kgopela gore ge ba bolela ditaba, Tona, wena o re keleketla. Mogologolo o re ge motho a go bot?a ditaba t?eo e sego t?ona, o se ke wa senya ditsebe ditsebe t?a gago ka go theelet?a, sa gago ga e be gore keleketla. (Translation of Sepedi paragraph follows.)
[... greetings to you, hon members. I would like to advise South Africans not to be confused by our rivals who come here with their unfounded stories. Hon Minister, my request to you is to ignore all of these and know that it has no effect. The seniors advise us not to listen to unfounded stories and so, take it to be music to your ears.]