Chairperson, after our colleague from the IFP, we could almost close this debate. She spoke from her heart, she knew the colleague and I agree with each and every word that she said. I want to congratulate her on an excellent contribution.
Life is a journey, it is a race. None of us know how long our race or our personal journey in life would be. In this instance of our colleague, her journey was - in terms of how we as humans perceive it, it was a short
race. Our colleague was not a member of this House for very long and it is quite sad that her parents and her family are here today under these circumstances. They should have in years to come, in the gallery to celebrate her achievements and the things that she would have achieved in her career in Parliament. That did not happen.
I would like to express our sincere condolences to her family. For us today, this is a debate, after this debate we will continue with our work but, they will return home ... For them, it will remain a reality for the rest of their lives that they have lost a dear family member.
I want express our condolences to the ANC who have lost a colleague. And it is always very difficult - this colleague of ours who at the beginning of a wonderful career, she was a young person, a young person who made great strides in Parliament in the short time that she was here and she was destined to have a wonderful career in politics.
What happened to her is something that could happen to anyone of us and it happens quite often. She, from the goodness of her heart stopped to assist people that were in an accident and then under those circumstances quite often people are so focused in terms of helping that they understand or realise that other people don't know about this accident they are driving at a high speed into that situation. It is tragic, but it happens.
I have started off by saying that life is a journey, it is almost like a race. Then it's quite appropriate that on this obituary of our colleague the last paragraph ends with a verse from the bible 2 Timothy 4:7, ESV:
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Our condolences. [Applause.]