Agb Adjunkspeaker, agb kollegas, as die VF Plus wil ons ons baie graag vereenselwig met die mosie deur ons simpatie en meelewing met die familie van Albertina Sisulu uit te spreek. Die Sisulu-familie is 'n familie wat diep spore getrap het in die Suid-Afrikaanse politiek in die verlede, maar ook tans, en hulle sal waarskynlik ook in die toekoms diep spore trap.
Albertina Sisulu het haar lewe gewy aan dit waarin sy met oortuiging geglo het en sy het die voorreg gehad om op 'n relatief ho ouderdom, die ouderdom van 76 in 1994, 'n lid te word van hierdie Parlement, waar sy gedien het tot aan die einde van 1999, toe sy 81 jaar oud was. Sy het die voorreg gehad om een van daardie lede te wees wat in 1994 na hierdie Parlement toe kon kom.
In die meeste organisasies is daar individue wat uitstaan soos 'n hoekpaal of 'n anker. Dit is duidelik as 'n mens na die lewe van Albertina Sisulu kyk, dat sy, in die stryd waarin sy gestaan het, binne haar party en binne die organisasie wat sy gedien het en die organisasies waarby sy betrokke was, so 'n hoekpaal was waarom mense bymekaargekom en vergader het.
As ons kyk na haar lewe, is dit duidelik dat haar lewe getuig het van toewyding en totale selfopoffering vir dit waarin sy geglo het.
Die VF Plus vereenselwig hom graag met die mosie wat vandag op die Ordelys is, waarin hulde aan haar gebring word. Ons dink aan die Sisulu-familie. Ons dink aan haar kinders, kleinkinders en al haar geliefdes. Ons betuig ook ons simpatie met die ANC, wat 'n kollega en 'n strydros verloor het. Baie dankie. (Translation of Afrikaans speech follows.)
[Dr C P MULDER: Hon Deputy Speaker, hon colleagues, as the FF Plus we would very much like to associate ourselves with the motion by conveying our sympathy and empathy to the family of Albertina Sisulu. The Sisulu family is a family that have left their mark in South African politics in the past, are doing so at present, and are expected also to leave their mark in the future.
Albertina Sisulu dedicated her life to that in which she believed with conviction and in 1994, at the relatively advanced age of 76, she had the privilege of becoming a Member of this Parliament, in which she served up to the end of 1999, when she was already 81 years old. She had the privilege of being one of those members to be in a position to come to this Parliament in 1994.
In most organisations there are individuals who stand out, like a fencing- post, or an anchor. It is evident, when one considers the life of Albertina Sisulu, that she, in the struggle in which she was involved, in her party and in the organisation that she served and the organisations with which she was involved, was just such a fencing-post around which people gathered and congregated.
When we look at her life, it is evident that it testified to dedication and complete self-sacrifice for that in which she believed.
The FF Plus has the pleasure of associating itself with the motion on today's Order Paper, in which tribute is paid to her. We are thinking of the Sisulu family. We are thinking of her children, grandchildren and all her loved ones. We are also expressing our sympathy to the ANC, who has lost a colleague and a stalwart. Thank you very much.]