Motlatsammusakgotla, Maloko a Palamente a a tlotlegang, balosika ba ba fano, ke le dumedisa botlhe. Ke le tsholetse mantswe a a mmalwanyana a kgomotso. A re gopoleng mogaka ono ka tsotlhe tse a di dirileng fa a ntse a tshela. A re mo gopoleng ka lerato le a neng a na le lona mo baaging ba Aforika Borwa. Re ntse gape re gopola ka nako e a neng a le ditlhabing ka ntlha ya bolwetse ba kankere; re mo lebile a sotlega, a re tlhomola pelo. A re mo leseng a ikhutse botlhoko ba a neng a le mo go bona.
Re ne re le letlhogonolo go nathogana le ena botshelo jwa gagwe le losika lwa gagwe. Ka nako e e bokeke e, ba ba neng ba le gaufi le ena thata, re tlhoka go itshepela mowa o o galelelang o re neng ra o tlogelelwa ke Morena Jesu fa a tlhatlhogela legodimong. (Translation of Setswana paragraphs follows.)
[Ms N P KHUNOU: Deputy Speaker, hon Members of Parliament, family members present, I greet you all. I have few words of condolences for you. Let us remember this heroine for all she has done. Let us remember her for the love she had for the citizens of South Africa. Let us not forget the time she was in pain as a result of cancer. We watched her suffer, we pitied her. Let her rest and be relieved from the pain.
We are fortunate to have shared her life together with her family. During these trying times, we need to trust in the Holy Spirit that was left by Jesus Christ when He ascended to heaven.] Comrade Gillwald was born in Welkom in the Free State on 13 December 1956. She matriculated in 1974 at Roedean High School in Johannesburg. Thereafter she became an American Field Service exchange student for a year at Washington High School in Wisconsin.
She completed her Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of the Free State. Comrade Gillwald was a community worker and did a lot of work in Intabazwe township as a young woman. She also helped to start the Fundisanani Community Trust which, amongst other things, built a centre for street children. She organised winter schools with the help of student- teachers, and through her interaction with the University of the Free State, she employed student-teachers to help township matric students with mathematics and physical science.
Comrade Gillwald was a member of the ANC. In 1994 she was deployed to serve in the then Senate, which is now called the National Council of Provinces. She became the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development in 1999 and thereafter the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services in 2004. She became instrumental in improving the lives of women in prison and, as we heard from all members who spoke here, she was always fighting for gender equality and against violence against women and children. She retired from an active political career to pursue her studies and to play a more active role in her family.
She will always be remembered for being a hard worker. Wherever she was deployed, she really devoted her time and made a significant difference. She was committed to transformation, and the significance was seen in both departments she served in. She was efficient in creating a political and public awareness in her constituency in Intabazwe by producing a regular and informative newsletter.
We express our heartfelt condolences to her husband, son, family, friends and comrades in the African National Congress, Women's League, the alliance and the community of Intabazwe that she served and loved. May her soul rest in peace. I thank you.