Hon Deputy Speaker, it is sad, as a member of this House, when we come here every now and then to mourn the passing away of one of us. It is even worse when it is a family member who has passed away, because every now and then we are extended family of that family member who passed away, and we always feel very bad about that.
Ukudlula kukamfowethu uPhadagi kube kubi kakhulu ngoba uwusebenzele umphakathi ngendlela enze ngayo, kusuka ekufundeni kwakhe kwaze kwafika lapho engena khona kwezombusazwe. Ukuba yilungu lomphakathi nelomndeni ukwenze ngokuhlonipheka. Nalapha eNdlini wenze umsebenzi wakhe ngokuhlonipheka kwaze kwafika ekugcineni lapho iqembu lakhe limphindisela emuva ukuba ayosebenza khona. Sidlulisa ukukhala kwethu njengeNkatha yeNkululeko ezihlotsheni zakhe, eqenjini lakhe, uKhongolose, nakubo bonke abaseduze nabakude naye ukuze ukukhala kwethu kuzwakale. Sengathi angahamba ngoxolo, alale ngokuphumula. Siyathokoza. [Ihlombe.] (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[The passing of my colleague Phadagi is very painful because he worked for the community in many ways, starting from his being educated to joining politics. As a member of the community and as a family member he conducted himself in a very respectable manner. Even here in the House he performed his tasks with respect until his party asked him to go back to where he came from to continue doing his job. As the IFP, we are conveying our condolences to his family, to his party, the ANC, and to everyone who is closely related to him and even those who are not so closely related to him; we ask you to hear our voices of mourning. May his soul rest in peace. Thank you. [Applause.]]