Ke maswabi, Modulasetulo. Ke mokgalabje. Ke e lebet?e. Ke Ndlovu yo a ntshwenyago.
Tona ke dumela gore ditekanyet?o di swanet?e go oket?wa. Rena re le ba Cope re re taba ya basadi bao ba dulago le bana ba bannyane dikgolegong, ba dula kgauswi le batho ba bant?i bao ba sent?ego, ga e gabotse. Go pala kae gore re age folete gore ngwana yo mongwe le yo mongwe a golele ka moo a dula le mmagwe? Ngwana yo o tla t?wa ka lapeng, a ye sekolong gomme a boele ka moo foleteng. Se se tla dira gore moya wa kgolego o se be gona ngwaneng yoo.
Go pala kae bagage?o gore re nyake yunifomo ye nngwe ya go swana le sutu ye ya ka gore ngwana a se ke a gola a kwe?i?a gore mmagwe o apara diaparo t?a kgolego. Ke bolela se ka lebaka la gore selo se se tsena hlaloganyong ya ngwana. Ke ka moo re bonago ka gona. Taba ye e bohlokwa kudu. Ge o etela kua kgolegong, o hwet?a bommago bana ba apere yunifomo. Gona ka mo jarateng, o hwet?a banna e le bale ba apere yunifomo ya mmala wa namune gomme bana ba ba bona. Dilo t?e di dula dihlaloganyong t?a bana.
Ebile basadi ga ba kotsi. Basadi ga ba kotsi ka tlhago. Yo mongwe a ka t?ea taba ye ka bong, efela nna ke bolela ka tlhago. Basadi ga ba kotsi. Le ge o ka ba t?ea wa ba tsenya ka gare ga ntlo ya RDP yeo e se nago dit?hipi, ba ka se t?habe. Batho ba kotsi ka tlhago ke banna. Ke rata go bont?ha Tona gore dilo t?a mohuta wo basading bao ba nago le bana, re swanet?e go leka go di hlokomela. Ka le lengwe la mat?at?i re be etet?e Kgolego ya Thohoyandou. Ge re be re etet?e kgolego ye ya Thohoyandou, re ile ra hwet?a ba hut?eledit?e ngwana wa lesea bogobe ka meetse, e sego ka maswi. Eup?a se se diraget?e nakong ye telele ye e fetilego. Ke dilo t?e re sa tlogo di hlokomela. Ke ka moo ke rego, Tona, go bohlokwa gore dikgoro t?e dingwe kamoka di dire bonnete bja gore ditekanyet?o t?a Ditirelo t?a Tshokollo di a bonagala gore merero ye e swanago le ye ke bolelago ka yona e tle e kgone go phethagala.
Tona, ke badile ye nngwe ya dipampiri. Maloko a rena a tlogela mo?omo ka bont?i. A tlogela kgoro. [T?hwahlelo.] Ke lebogile, mongaka. [Nako e fedile.] (Translation of Sepedi paragraphs follows.)
[Mr L J TOLO: Hon Chairperson, my apology. I forgot to switch it off because I am an old man. Ndlovu is the one who is disturbing me.
Hon Minister, I believe the budget has to be increased.
Cope members think that it is not good for female inmates who have children to be kept in the same prison with other inmates. Is it difficult to build flats in which those women can stay with their children? The children will attend school while staying in those flats and they will grow up without the idea of a prison environment.
Hon members, can't we find another uniform that does not look like the prison uniform? The child does not have to grow up knowing that his/her mother wears the prison uniform. This might affect the child psychologically. This is a serious issue. In the prisons you will find women who are mothers wearing the uniform. In the same yard you will also find men in their orange uniform, and the children are watching them. They grow up with these images in their minds.
Naturally women are not dangerous. You can keep them in an RDP house that has no burglar bars; they will not run away. Men are naturally dangerous. I am trying to make the hon Minister aware that the issue of women with children in prisons must be given attention.
We once visited a prison in Thohoyandou only to find a child being fed with porridge mixed with water instead of milk. It happened some time ago. Hon Minister, it is important for all government departments to make sure that the Department of Correctional Services receives enough budget funds to be able to address matters such as these.
Hon Minister, I read in one of the newspapers that most of the staff members are resigning from the department. [Interjections.] Thank you. [Time expired.]]