She believed only the ANC had the vision and will to improve the conditions of the most vulnerable in our society. [Interjections.]
She was a team leader and a community builder, who believed in collective leadership. The most important thing to her was the unity of our movement. She was very excited when the ANCWL of the Western Cape asked her to receive the torch, which was handed over by the ANC Free State to the ANC Western Cape, on their behalf in Beaufort West on 1 February 2012. She was a beacon of hope to many members of the ANCWL, to whom she was a role model because of the quality of the leadership she provided. We have lost a special kind of cadre at a time when we need quality leadership more than ever before.
Masimyeke uQabane uNomatyala ngoba yena ugqatso ulufezile. Icekwa lilele kum nawe yena uqabane ulele phezu kwemisebenzi yakhe. Ubomi bakhe buyincwadi efundekayo. Sithumela amazwi ovelwano singumbutho i-ANC kusapho lwakhe, umama wakhe, udade wabo, umntakwabo kunye nabantwana bakhe. Sithi akuhlanga lungehliyo. Mabalale ngenxeba, uyenzile uqabane indima yakhe emzabalazweni nakuMzantsi Afrika uphela. Makaphumle ngoxolo. (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follows.)
[Let us take leave of Comrade Nomatyala because she has run her race. The onus is now on you and me to do our bit because the comrade leaves behind a legacy. Her achievements are there for everyone to see. As the ANC, we express our condolences to her family, her mother, her sister, her brother and her children. Comrade Hangana has made her contribution to the liberation struggle in South Africa and to the development of the country as a whole. May her soul rest in peace.]
Rest in peace, Comrade Nomatyala. The ANC salutes this great daughter of our nation. We say, rest in peace, qabane. Hamba kahle, qabane. [Go well, comrade.]