E re ke fet?e pele, Mong'aka Watson, ke tla go bot?a. A ke fet?e pele.
A ke dumele gore seo e lego dipshe?amare ka molao wo ke gore, ge re ka lebelela Palamenteng gona bjale, go nale batho bao e lego gore ke moetapele wa lekoko yena ka no?i. Ge re nale kopano a re o ile go boledi?ana le lekoko la gagwe, o ra ge a era yena a nno?i kua Ofising ya gagwe le mongwaledi wa gagwe. Ka gona o humana e le gore, lena mekgahlo e mengwe le a lwa, le a khampeina, le nyaka gore batho ba le boutele. Fela ge motho wo a ka khampeina a se ka ja selo, ge go etla go lefeleng, ka gore ke moetapele wa lekoko, le yena go nyakega gore a humane ma?eleng a gore a thekge mokgatlo wa gagwe o lego nno?i. Ka gona re re ke dip?he?amare, molao wo ga o sepele, ga re o nyake.
Le mphile sebaka, ke a le leboga. Ka gona kere, re dumela gore selo se se ?omile ka nako ya sona. Ga bjale se felet?we ke nako, a se ye. Bao e lego gore ba ithekgile ka wona gore batlo holega ka molao wo, re re "mene, mene tekel upharsin." (Translation of Sepedi paragraphs follows.)
[Kgoshi M L MOKOENA: Let me first conclude, hon Watson. I will tell you. Let me first conclude.
Something which is not pleasing about this law is that if we look at Parliament at the moment, there are people who are party leaders to themselves. During meetings they allege that they are going to consult their parties when, in fact, they are referring to themselves and the secretaries in their offices. As a result, other parties fight; they go out to campaign, convincing people to vote for them. If those people go on a campaign and get nothing, when funds are allocated, they expect to get some funds for their one-man party too, because they are party leaders. We therefore say, this is a shame, this law must be abolished, and we do not need it.
You gave me an opportunity to address you, I thank you. I therefore say that we agree that this thing was relevant during a certain period. But now its time has expired; let it go. To those who thought that they would benefit from this law, we say: "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. [The writing is on the wall.]