Ngoba ngiyahlonipha angizukukuphendula, Sokwalisa, ngoba uMaDlamini wangikhulisa kahle. [With all due respect, I will not respond, Sokwalisa (clan name), because MaDlamini raised me well.]
I want to say that our record of struggle against the apartheid regime and its crimes will not be measured by whether we appeared or did not appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its amnesty committee. As a student of historical materialism for the past 33 years, I now know that our struggle against the apartheid regime will be told by history. History has its own way of telling the truth, no matter how long it takes, about what roles our respective organisations played in the struggle against apartheid. History never forgets. History also tends to be very stubborn with facts, and these facts will always, in the end, come out, no matter how long it may take.
Ngamanye amazwi umlando uyayixoxa indaba uma isikhathi sesifikile. Nxamalala! Noma imnandi, noma yimbi noma-ke seyibuhlungu kangakanani; umlando uyilanda indaba injengoba injalo. [Ubuwelewele.] Uyoyilanda umlando indaba yokuthi senzenjani ngesikhathi isizwe sithi asisukume silwise ubandlululo. [Ihlombe.] (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[In other words, history tells a story if its time has come. Nxamalala! No matter how good, bad or tragic it is; history will tell a story as it is. [Interjections.] History will tell the story about what we did when the nation mandated us to stand up and fight apartheid. [Applause.]]
Instead, I am quite confident that history will judge President Jacob Zuma as a leader who did what he said in making education an Apex Priority. The ANC, our alliance and millions of South Africans have got full confidence ...
... kuwe Msholozi ngoba into oyikhulumile uyayenza. Siyabonga. [Ihlombe.] [... in you, Msholozi, because you are a man of your word. Thank you. [Applause.]]