When he opened Parliament this year, our President said that Bafana Bafana could surprise us. Some people laughed and said that ...
... uMongameli uyazikhulumela-nje. [... the President was merely joking.]
But now, after the friendly match, are we all saying no, no, no?
Sonke sithi angithi bazokwenza ukuba siwine le Ndebe Yomhlaba ize lapha ekhaya. [We are all saying that they will enable us to win this World Cup and bring it home.]
Empa ba re jwale dintho di se di le boima haholo. A re ikakgeleng ka setotswana ebe jwale re keteka le batho, re etse dintho tsena kaofela empa re hlokomele baeti ba rona hobane re batla hore ba kgutlele mona hape. Ya senang sekaja mmae a tele hobane ho hobe jwale, re kena kgabong mme re tshepa hore Bafana Bafana ba tla re etsa motlotlo. Re kopa hore Fifa le LOC ba sebedisane le Safa ... (Translation of Sesotho paragraph follows.)
[But they are saying things that are now very difficult. Let us join and celebrate with the people and do all these things while taking care of our visitors, because we want them to come back again. The one who cannot keep pace should forget about it, because now things are happening, we are beginning to work, and we hope that Bafana Bafana will make us proud. We request that Fifa and the LOC should work together with Safa ...]
... after hosting the World Cup, for the maintenance of the stadia.
Tsena ke dikgothalletso tseo re di entseng komiting. Ke tokomane e tenya eo re tlang ho e bala empa re re di sebeletse baahi ba Afrika Borwa. A re sebetseng kaofela. Halala, Bafana Bafana! Halala!
DITHO TSE HLOMPHEHANG: Halala! [Mahofi.] (Translation of Sesotho paragraphs follows.)
[These are suggestions that we have made in the committee. It is a thick document that we are going to read, but we are also saying that this should serve the people of South Africa. Let us all work. Viva, Bafana Bafana! Viva!
HON MEMBERS: Viva! [Applause.]]