Hon Speaker ...
... namalungu ahloniphekileyo, sithi kusapho lwakwaKganyago nakumbutho we- UDM, akuhlanga lungehlanga. Ulwamvila lokufa luhlala lufika lungalindelekanga, lusothuse siphathe siyeka. Kwizinto ezikhoyo zenzululwazi nezeengqondi, ayikho ekwaziyo ukusenza sinxibelelane nokufa ukuze sikwazi ukuthi makukhe kume okwethutyana kuba asikagqibi ukufunxa kuvimba wolwazi lwalowo kumchongileyo.
Nanamhla oku, sisabuza umbuzo omnye wakudala-dala othi: Luphi na, kufa, ulwamvila lwakho? (Translation of isiXhosa paragraphs follows.)
[... and hon members, we say to the family of Mr Kganyago and his party, the UDM, may they be consoled. Death always arrives at a very inopportune time and leaves you in bewilderment. In all the things we have in science and technology, there is not even a single one that we can manipulate to communicate with death so that we can tell it to stall for a while because we still have a lot to learn from the one it has chosen.
Even today, we are still asking the very same old question which says: Death, where is your sting?]
Hon Kganyago's commitment to South Africa can never be doubted. He is like a soldier that died in combat. South Africa needs such experienced politicians like him. His service record and memberships to associations show the kind of broad, open mind that he had, and that is a virtue.
Mr Kganyago was an omnivorous reader, and I will always remember him for advising me to read the book It's Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong to appreciate what is happening on the continent. I will forever cherish the memories I have of him and the depth of his thinking. The Marks Building where the opposition parties are housed will certainly never be the same in Mr Kganyago's absence. He was a warm presence, a familiar presence.
We in the UCDP convey our deepest condolences to his family, the UDM, and close friends. May his soul rest in peace. [Applause.]