Mutshamaxitulu, Holobyenkulu Patel, Xandla xa Holobye Godongwana na Swirho swa Palamende, ndza mi xeweta. Mbulavulo wa mina wu ta kongomisa eka leswi swi landzelaka: Mabindzu lamatsongo; mabindzu ya le xikarhi; "broad-based black economic empowerment", ngopfungopfu 'B' leyo sungula; endlelo ro ringananisa na ntshunxeko lowu nga ta hi ku durha, kambe ku nga ri hi ndyelo hikwalaho ka vanhu lava nga lova va dlayeriwa ntshunxeko lowu hi nga na wona namuntlha.
Nakambe ndzi ta vulavula hi nhlanganelo wa mabindzu tanihi xikombiso xa bindzu, Khomixini ya Mphikizano na ntirho wo vulavula hi nxiximeko. Laha hi vulavula hi leswaku ntirho wu fanele wu va na ntikelo. Namuntlha ndzi vulavula endzhaku ka masiku mambirhi ya ku tsundzuka ku dlawa ka nhenha ya hina, Comrade Chris Hani. A rhandziwa swinene hi vanhu hinkwavo va Afrika Dzonga na van'wana lava rhandzaka nhluvuko.
N'hweti leyi ya Dzivamisoko, yi hi tsundzuxa Solomon Mahlangu, Sam Tambani, Dan Mohapi, Tatana Oliver Tambo, Tatana Mark Shope na Tatana Hendry Makgothi. Vunyingi bya vona va love hi n'hweti ya Dzivamisoko. Lava nga va na xiphemu xa ku lunghisela xikan'we ni ku dlawa ka Comrade Chris Hani a va nga etleli vurhongo. Va ta kotisa Macbeth loko a ku: "Macbeth u dlayile vurhongo".
Loko hi xixima tinhenha leti nga hundza a hi susumeteni pfhumba ra HHH leri nga ra tindlu, ndlala na rihanyu. Ri ndzi tsundzuxa yena Comrade Chris Hani. Pfhumba leri ri nge humeleli loko kuri hava mitirho. Loko hi vulavula hi mitirho, Freedom Charter yi ri: "Ku ta va na mitirho na ku hlayiseka; vanhu va ta fuma."
Loko hi vulavula hi mitirho hi ri Afrika Dzonga lerintshwa hi nga rivali leswaku hi salele endzhaku hi mhaka ya nkulukumba Verwoerd. Loko a ku nga ri yena ingi hi ri ekule na hina. A hi ta famba laha ku fambaka matiko man'wana. Hi yena loyi a nge te: "Munhu wa ntima u ya endla yini hi Matematiki hikuva ntirho wa yena ku ta va ku rhwalela masaka." Namuntlha tilaboretari na swibedhlele hinkwaswo swi lava vanhu va Matematiki. Loko hi nga ri na vona ku nga rhuketeriwi ANC, kambe a ku rhuketeriwi kokwani wa valavo, yena Verwoerd.
Ku ya emahlweni ndzi ri Holobye, loko mi karhi mi thola valawuri xiyisisani swinene. Tholani mulawuri loyi a nga ta ya eka vanhu. A ku vi loyi a nga ta ka a nga nyenyi vanhu, loyi a nga ta va na rirhandzu, naswona a kota ku tirhisana na vanhu - 'Batho Pele'. A nga vuli leswaku loyi wa nuha. I ntiyiso wa nuha hikuva a nga fumanga. A nga n'wi chavi ku n'wi qhavula, a n'wi khome hi voko a n'wi pfuna leswaku a tlakuka hi tlhelo ra ikhonomi. Munhu loyi siku rin'wana u ta va na vhengele na yena a thola vanhu.
Holobye, endlelo ro ringananisa ri fanele ri va kona. Loko ri ri kona na rona ri ta pfuna ku herisa vusiwana. Lava va ka hina va ka ntimeni va ta va kona ehenhla laha a ku tshama lava ntlhohe, valungu. Va ka ntimeni ndzi vula Maafrika, Maindiya, Makhaladi na Machayina. Eka xiyimo xa le tifemeni hi kombela leswaku vatirhi na vona va kota ku va na vun'winyi bya xiphemu xa feme. (Translation of Xitsonga paragraphs follows.)
[Chairperson, Minister Patel, Deputy Minister Godongwana and Members of Parliament, I greet you. My speech will focus on the following: small, medium and micro enterprises, SMMEs; broad-based black economic empowerment, BBBEE, especially the first 'B'; affirmative action; and the hard-won freedom which we did not get on a silver platter but because of the people who sacrificed their lives for the freedom we have today.
I will again talk about co-operatives as a form of business ownership, the Competition Commission and decent jobs. Here we mean that work must be sustainable. Today I debate two days after the commemoration of the assassination of our hero, Comrade Chris Hani. He was adored by all the people of South Africa and those who loved development.
This month of April reminds us of Solomon Mahlangu, Dan Mohapi, Oliver Tambo, Mark Shope and Henry Makgothi. Most of them passed away in April. Those who had a hand in the conspiring and killing of Comrade Chris Hani will have sleepless nights. They will be like Macbeth in Shakespeare when he said: "Macbeth shall sleep no more".
In honour of these fallen heroes, let us pursue the initiative of HHH, which stands for houses, hunger and health. It reminds me of Comrade Chris Hani. This initiative will not succeed without job opportunities. When talking about jobs, the Freedom Charter says: "There shall be work and security" and "The people shall govern".
When talking about jobs in the new South Africa, let us not forget that we are lagging behind because of Mr Verwoerd. If it were not for him, we should be further afield. We would be on the same footing with other countries. He is the one who said: "What is the use of teaching the Bantu child mathematics when it cannot use it in practice?" Today all laboratories and hospitals require people with mathematics. If we do not have them, blame it not on the ANC, but on their ancestor Verwoerd.
Furthermore, I am saying to you, Minister, you should be very careful when employing managers. You should employ a manager who will go to the people. It should be someone who will not abhor them, but love them and be able to work with them - 'Batho Pele'. He should not say this one stinks. It is true that he stinks, because he is not rich. He should not be afraid to shake his hand and give him assistance to be uplifted economically. One day this person will own a shop and employ other people.
Minister, affirmative action should prevail. When it prevails, it will help to eradicate poverty. Our own black people will be up there where whites used to be. By blacks I mean Africans, Indians, coloureds and Chinese. In the context of factories, we request that the workers should be shareholders in the factory.]
Workers must be involved in the shareholding schemes and community trusts and there must be active worker control of the retirement fund. Workers must also know what the retirement fund is used for.
Hi fanele hi ringeta ku hunguta vangwa ra muholo exikarhi ka 'chief executive officers', CEO, na vatirhi lava kukulaka. Swi hoxekile ku tlakusa muholo wa lava nga ehenhla loko lava nga ehansi va nga tlakuseriwi. Masiku lawa swa nyanya hikuva va thoriwa va tirhisiwa swa xinkarhana.
Eka pholisi ya mphikizano ndzi mi bela mavoko n'wina lava mi yi rhangeleke emahlweni. Mi kotile ku khoma swigevenga leswi kunguhateke vuxisi swi koxa ku durha ka xinkwa. Hi kombela leswaku nkarhi lowu taka mi va rihisa swi twakala leswaku va nga ha engeti.
Loko Reserve Bank yi tlakusa ntswalo swa hlamarisa leswaku swi ta njhani leswaku tibangi hinkwato ku nga si hela na siku na tona ti tlakusa ntswalo. Lowu i nkunguhato wa vuxisi. Hi swi vonile swi endleka na le ka va tinqingho. Khomixini ya Mphikizano yi kote ku chavisa MTN na Vodacom leswaku mundzuku va ehleketa hikambirhi na kanharhu loko va lava ku endla swin'wana.
Xo hetelela ... (Translation of Xitsonga paragraphs follows.)
[We should strive to narrow the wage gap between the chief executive officers, CEOs, and cleaners. It is wrong to increase the salaries of high earners and do nothing for the low earners. It is a common practice these days because employees are temporarily employed.
With regard to the competition policy, I wish to applaud you who are in the forefront. You were able to arrest criminals who colluded to fix the price of bread. We request that in future you should impose heavy fines on them so that they should not repeat what they have done.
It is very strange that when the Reserve Bank increases its repo rate, all the banks increase their prime lending rate within a day. This is collusion to cheat. We saw it happening with the cellular networks. The Competition Commission was able to caution MTN and Vodacom such that they will think twice in future before they collude.
In conclusion ...]
Comrade Minister, in the long term, your officials - the cadres and the right officials of the moment - must be those who will look all over for the poor people that you must uplift. Who are those poor people? It is those people who are repairing tyres on the road, those people who are selling mealies on the side of the road. He must have a thought that says: Yes, you are selling second-hand tyres; let me help you to also get machines to do wheel alignment and wheel balancing.
Eka muxavisi wa swifaki u fanele a n'wi byela leswaku u ta n'wi pfuna a pfula vhengele leswaku bindzu ra yena ri kula ri ya emahlweni. Ndza khensa Mutshamaxitulu. [Va phokotela.] (Translation of Xitsonga paragraph follows.)
[To the seller of mealies, he should tell him that he will help him open a shop so that his business can thrive. I thank you, Chairperson. [Applause.]]