Hon Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the FF Plus, it is an honour and a privilege for me to wish the Serjeant-at-Arms everything of the best in his retirement.
Dit is waar dat mnr Cleinwerck baie jare gewerk en 'n baie lang loopbaan gehad het. Hy het begin werk as 'n jong man van 17 en 'n lang werksloopbaan van 47 jaar gehad. Ses-en-twintig jaar van daardie tydperk het hy op hierdie terrein by die Parlement deurgebring - voor die nuwe bedeling en daarna - tot waar hy vandag by sy aftrede kom.
Ek, en baie van u ook, het hom altyd ervaar as 'n baie vriendelike man. Hy was 'n persoon wat altyd baie netjies op sy persoon was, wat altyd professioneel opgetree het, en wat altyd 'n voorbeeld was. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[It is a fact that Mr Cleinwerck has worked for many years and has had a very long career. He started working as a young man at the age of 17, and his long working career spans over 47 years. Twenty-six of those years he has spent within the precincts of Parliament - before the new dispensation and thereafter - until he reached retirement today.
I, and many of you as well, always found him to be a very friendly person. He was always very neat, always acted in a professional manner, and set an example at all times.]
After every election, one of the more sensitive issues is the question of seating in the House. Mr Cleinwerck always played his role in trying to solve that kind of problem with regard to exactly where parties should be seated ...
... met die hulp van ander lede van die Parlement. [... with the assistance of other Members of Parliament.]
Sometimes, while members were in the House before the official commencement of a sitting of Parliament, one or two members would try to emulate the Serjeant-at-Arms and try to call the House to order. They never succeeded in the way that he officially did it until the last opening of Parliament.
Ek wil graag vir hom alles van die beste toewens en hoop dat hy 'n baie rustige en vredevolle aftrede sal h saam met sy vrou, sy kinders en sy kleinkind, en dat dit met hom goed sal gaan.(Translation of Afrikaans paragraph follows.)
[I would like to wish him all of the best and trust that he will have a very tranquil and peaceful retirement together with his wife, his children and his grandchild, and that things will go well with him.]
I think we can all learn one thing from Mr Cleinwerck and his work after so many years: "I leave with no regrets." Baie dankie. [Thank you.] [Applause.]