Mr Speaker and hon Deputy President, the PAC joins Mme Ntebaleng Matladi's family and the UCDP in mourning the untimely death of a political giant.
Mme Matladi was honest and spoke out on what she believed in, even at the risk of becoming unpopular. Her life was navigated by her conscience. When the whole House - in fact, the whole nation - was united behind South Africa hosting the Fifa World Cup, Mme Matladi differed strongly. She was an extraordinary leader who could brave the tempest of popular opinion. When the Cabinet decided against bidding for the Olympic Games, it was perhaps a lesson learnt from Mme Matladi.
I will forever treasure those golden memories I shared with her and other passengers on the Acacia Park-bound bus. We shared jokes and filled the bus with laughter, like the one happy family we were, we are and will always be.
Farewell, Mme Matladi, on your eternal bus ride. Tsamaya sentle Tshwene. [Go well.] Thank you. [Applause.]