Angithokoze Somlomo, ngibingelele abahlonishwa bonke eNdlini. I-IFP izithole ngokukhulu ukudumala nobuhlungu benhliziyo izindaba zokudlula emhlabeni kwelungu elihloniphekile leSishayamthetho, umfowethu uFrans Ting-Ting Masango.
Sithi emndenini wakwaMasango, nakozakwabo kuKhongolose, kumalungu aleNdlu akwehlanga olungehli. (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[Mr B W DHLAMINI: Thank you, Speaker, and greetings to all the hon members in the House. The IFP received with great sadness the news of the passing away of a member of our Parliament, our colleague Frans Ting-Ting Masango.
We send our condolences to the Masango family, his colleagues in the ANC and the members of this House.]
Ka Sesotho ba re ke ngwetsi ya malapa oohle. [In Sesotho it is said that death can happen to anyone.]
Sicela niduduzeke. Okusiduduza kakhulu thina njenge-IFP ukuthi njengoba sezishilo ezinye izikhulumi ngaphambi kwami ukuthi wayeyisishoshovu somzabalazo olwela inkululeko njengoba sesikhululekile. Okuhle nokusiduduzayo ukuthi ugcine ehambe emhlabeni eyilungu lesiShayamthetho sona lesi esashaya imithetho ayelwa nalo aze angene emajele. Umndeni siyawududuza ngalawo mazwi , akwehlanga olungehli, iqhawe leli elihambile.
Maningi amaqhawe aseNingizimu Afrika alwele inkululeko okutholakala ukuthi umlando wawo awubhalekile kahle. Ngiphosa inselele ikakhulukazi kuNgqongqoshe Wezobuciko Namasiko ukuthi aqinisekise ukuthi umlando wabantu abalwela inkululeko ubhalwe ngendlela eyiyo kungabi sengathi owabambalwa. Ngiyathokoza. [Ihlombe.] (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[Please be comforted. What comforts us most as the IFP is that, just as the other speakers before me have said, he was a freedom fighter, who fought for freedom so that we can be free now. What is comforting is that he passed away as a Member of Parliament, the one that passed the legislation he fought against and ended up in prison for. We comfort the family with these words: What has befallen you is nothing unusual; the one who has passed on is a hero.
We have discovered that there are many South African heroes who fought for freedom, whose history has been incorrectly captured. I challenge especially the Minister of Arts and Culture, to have the history of the freedom fighters rewritten and it should not appear as if it is being done for a chosen few. Thank you. [Applause.]]