Mohl Sefepisegolo, mant?u ao a t?wago go Cope mabapi le lehu la Mohl Malahlela ke gore, re kwele bohloko kudu. Ke dumela gore re kwele bohloko bjo bo tsenelet?ego, e bile phathi ya gagwe ANC, re lla le lena.
Re le ba Cope, se ke nyakago go se bont?ha bagage?o ke gore mo kontinenteng ya rena ya Afrika, re ba dimilione t?e 850 ge eba ke e bea gabotse; ge o bapet?a le bo China le India bao ba tshet?ego bilione. Bjale ka a mangwe mant?u ke ra gore ge go hlokofala lesogana leo e lego gore mo mmeleng wa lona go sa nale peu, mo Afrika re tlo fihlelela bjang dipalopalo t?a rena.
Ka Sepedi, ge go hlokofet?e motho yo a lekanago le nna, ga go babe ka kudu ka gore mo go nna peu e fedile. Mo go masogana le dikgarebe peu e sa le gona. Ga ke re gore bakgalabje le bakgekolo ba hlokofale. Fela se ke se bont?hago ke gore ke dumela gore kamoka ga rena, merafong kamoka, ge go hlokofet?e kgarebe goba lesogana, re kwa bohloko ka kudu. Se e lego nnete ke gore ga re sa na peu. Ke mo go botse gore bana ba rena ba phele, ba tle ba belege bana gore mo Afrika re kgone go fihlelela bilione e tee ya set?haba. Malahlela e be e le lesogana la hlompho. O be a swana le nna ge ke sa gola. E be e le ngwana, a hlompha batho ka tshwanelo. Ka gona bengbaka re kwa bohloko ka moka ga rena. Bohloko ga bo kwewe ke batswadi feela, fela le rena ka moka ga rena re a amega. Se ke nyakago go se bont?ha ke gore re le ba Cope bagage?o re re "Moya wa gagwe a o robale ka khut?o; moya wa gagwe a o robale ka khut?o; moya wa gagwe a o robale ka khut?o"! Modimo a mo lebalele melato ya gagwe. Ke a leboga. [Legofsi.] (Translation of Sepedi speech follows.)
[Mr L J TOLO: Hon Chief Whip, Cope members are saddened by the death of Mr Malahlela. We would also like to convey our heartfelt condolences to the ANC, the political party to which he belonged.
I would like to indicate as a member of Cope that our continent has a population of about 850 million as compared to China and India with a population of more than a billion. How will the African population increase when we are losing people at as young an age as this?
In my culture, the death of a young person affects people more than that of someone my age. The main reason behind that is because at my age I can no longer bear children. I do not mean that the elderly people have to die. I believe that the death of a young person affects everyone. We do not want our children to die young, but to live long lives and have children of their own. The number of the African population will then rise to a billion.
Mr Malahlela was a respectful young man, like I was when I was still young. He respected all the people. His death does not affect only his family, but all of us. May his soul rest in peace; may his soul rest in peace; may his soul rest in peace! May God forgive him all of his sins. Thank you. [Applause.]]