Chairperson, I would like to thank hon Mncwango. We should be able to reiterate that the executive, including myself as a responsible executing authority ... [Interjections.]
No, there was no decision that we took in terms of the interruption of signals. That is my answer. We are very clear, Mpangazitha. You will always have a separation of the roles. We, as legislators, should be the first people to say that when we do this separation well, we must be recognised. However, when it comes to the issue of the notes ...
... ayandiza lapha eNdlini, mhlonishwa Mpangazitha. Ukundiza kwawo-ke akusiyona into eqatshukwayo futhi ngeke kube yinto yokugcina.
Njengoba nginguNgqongqoshe oqondene nokuphepha kwesizwe ngibona kufuneka sihloniphe inkulumo ephakathi kwabantu abaphethe isizwe. Sifuna ukwakha izwe elinjani uma sizofuna ukungenelela ezinkulumweni eziphakathi kwabantu abenze isifungo sokuphatha izwe? Into ebalulekile ukuthi kunabantu lapha abayinkinga; umuntu akhulume aqekethe izindaba ageqe amagula athi: Ngathola incwajana ngaphuma kwase kubuya inethiwekhi. Uyakwazi ke lokho ukuthi kungamampunge aluhlaza cwe. Singayivumeli into enje ukuthi iqhubeke ngoba lokho kubulala isizwe. Le sizwe ngeke sasakha phezu kwamanga. Yilokho ke, ngiyabonga kakhulu mhlonishwa. [Ihlombe.] (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[... they are floating in this House, hon Mpangazitha. Their floating around is nothing new and it won't be the last. As the Minister of State Security I see fit that we respect the talk amongst the people who are in charge of the country. What kind of a country are we going to build if we are going to interfere in the talks of the people who took an oath to govern the country? What's important is that there are people who are problematic here; a person would spread rumours and say: I received a small note and went outside after the signal was restored. You know that that's a lie. We shouldn't allow something like this to continue because that kills our country. We cannot build this nation based on lies. That will be it, thank you. [Applause.]]