Somlomo, mandithathe eli thuba ndiyibulele kakhulu inxaxheba i-ANC ethe yandinika yona yokuza kusebenzela uluntu lwesizwe sethu. Kananjalo ndibulela namaLungu ePalamente onke ngenkxaso athe andinika yona ukufika kwam ngowama-2009. Ndifike apha ndingazi nto kwaphela ngezinto zomthetho, ndingazi nokuba xa ndiqala ndiza kuqala phi na, kodwa ngoku ndiphuma ndiyingcaphephe kwezomthetho. [Kwaqhwatywa.] (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follows.)
[Ms J MANGANYE: Speaker, let me take this opportunity to express my greatest gratitude to the ANC for the opportunity it has given me to come here and work for society. I also thank all Members of Parliament for the support they gave me when I arrived here in 2009. When I arrived here I knew nothing about legal matters, and I didn't even know where to start in dealing with them, but now I am a legal expert. [Applause.]]
Hon Speaker, the profound change of the past 20 years made the distance traversed seem so short and the end sudden. Yet with the epoch-making progress that has been made, this period could have been decades. South Africa is in a momentous process of change, blazing a trail towards a secure future, as opposed to what the prophets of doom are saying.
We came here today to bid farewell to one another, and as you are all aware, some of us, after the 7 May election, willingly or reluctantly will not be able to return to this august House as our political parties will be deploying us somewhere else or at branch level. We will remain focused. We will still serve the community with humility and modesty in every corner of our beloved country where we will be deployed.
Go maloko a Ntlo eno, nko ya kgomo mogala tshwara ka thata e se re go utlwa sebodu wa kgaoga. Ke lebisitse ditebogo go modulasetilo yo ke ne ke dira ka fa tlase ga gagwe e leng, Rre Johnny de Lange. O nthusitse thata gore fa ke emeng teng fano ke bo ke itse mosola wa gore metsi ke eng. Ke tlile fano ke itse gore metsi ke a a nwa a le mo lebotlolong, fela ke ne ke sa tlhaloganye. Jaanong, ke a go leboga Johnny, le kwa o tla yang teng, Modimo a go thuse.
Ke leboga le banka e e kwa morago ele ya bana ba bannye bao ke ne ke nna le bona, ba tlhola ba tlhodiile, ka re le ithute ka thata bongwanake le sa ntse le le bannye. Mokgatlho o wa rona o rata go bona ditiro tse dintle tse di dirwang ke lona le le bokamoso jwa rona jwa set?haba, gore batho ba rona le ba bangwe ba ba le latelang ba bannye ba gole ba bona metlhala ya lona. Ka Setswana re a re: Dint?wanyana di bonwa mabotobotong. Ngwana o mmona go sa le gale gore a o phuthetse kgotsa a ka phuthela. Ka jalo, ka re le dire ka thata bongwanake le tle le re goge kamoso, e sere re ntse kwa gae ra eletsa gore nkabo re ntse fa godimo fano re ntse re le konopa ka sengwenyana go le gopotsa gore ga se ka mokgwa o mokgatlho o re romileng ka teng. A re direng ka thata.
Ke rata go raya maloko otlhe, Ntlo ka fa lethakoreng la ANC le ka fa makokong a boganetsi, ke re ke le eleletsa matlhogonolo a gore ditlhopho tse di tlang di se nne le dikgogakgogano. Jaaka mekgatlho ya dipolotiki, re na le gore fa re kopana re ile go ngoka batlhophi, re bo re lwa. A re direng ka naatla gore re neelane ka serodumo gonne mafatshe a a kwa ntle a lebeletse gore batho ba Aforikaborwa ke batho ba ba ntseng jang. Ga go na mokgatlho wa sepolotiki o o tla itsholeletsang kwa godimo o re ona ka kwa ntle o buiwa sentle. Fa ba bua ANC maswe, go raya gore le lona lotlhe ka fa, le tla bo le le maswe. Re tshwanetse go dira mmogo go bipa boatla jwa rona. Go teng fa re tshwanetseng go ngapana gona. Re ka ngapana fa re ntse ka fa Ntlong ka fa, mme re ngapanela go tsweledisa bokamoso jwa batho ba ba re romileng fano pele. Ga re a tla re rwele dibaki tsa rona re tla fano, re tlile re romilwe ke maloko kgotsa baagi. Ka jalo, a re direng gore se baagi ba re romileng sona, re kgone go se diragatsa. Ke akgola mokgatlho wa gaetsho wa ANC o e rileng fa o simolola ka 1994 wa bo o na le moono o o reng: Together we have won the right for people to vote. Ka 1999 wa boa gape o re: Together in every sector fighting for change. Ka 2004 ra re: A people's contract; e e leng gore re ne re bua gore re tla tlisa ditiro re bo re lwantsha le bona bohuma. Re tla gape monongwaga mme re a re: Together, we move South Africa forward.
Fa ke laela, Modulasetilo, ka re, Motswana wa maloba fa a bua a re: Moremogolo go betlwa wa taola, wa motho o a ipetla. Ke a leboga. [Legofi.] (Translation of Setswana paragraphs follow.)
[To the members of this House, I would like to say that no matter how difficult things may be, never give up. I would like to pass a word of thanks to my former chairperson, Mr Johnny de Lange. He helped me a lot and it is because of him that today I know the importance of water. I came here only knowing about water in the bottle that I drink, but I did not understand. I thank you, Johnny, wherever you are, may God bless you.
I would also like to thank the back bench of the youth brigade I always sit with. They always make noise, but please learn while you are still young. Our party loves the good work you are doing as our nation's future, so that other youth that follow you should grow seeing your footprints. You can spot early whether a child has a bright future or not. Therefore, I would like to say, please work hard so that you can lead us in the future. When we are at home we do not want to wish we were still leading to remind you of the party's mandate. Let us work hard.
To all members, on the ANC's side and the oppositions' side of the House, I wish you all the best on the upcoming elections and hope there will be no controversy. As political parties, we have a tendency of being violent to each other when we are campaigning for elections. Let us work hard to have smooth campaigning and elections so that other countries can see how good South Africans are. There is no political party that will present itself as the only good one to other countries. When they talk bad about the ANC, it means all of you here are bad. We should work together to cover our recklessness. However, there are moments when we fight each other. We can fight here in the House, and we fight for the progress of the people that mandated us. We did not come here by ourselves, but we were mandated by members of the public. Therefore, let us ensure that we do what the public mandated us to do.
I would like to compliment our party, the ANC, which when it started in 1994 said: Together we have won the right for people to vote. In 1999 it said: Together in every sector we are fighting for change. In 2004 we said: A people's contract; in which we said we will provide jobs and fight poverty. This year we are saying: Together, we move South Africa forward.
As I depart, Chairperson, I would like to say: Masterpieces can be created, but human beings create their own destiny. Thank you. [Applause.]]