Please be seated!
A re duleng fase! A re homoleng, re a thoma ka mo?omo wa rena. A re homoleng, re a thoma ka mo ?omo wa rena! Dulang fase! Ga go sana motho yo a tlogo dumelelwa go tsena. Tswalelang mabmati! [Please be seated! Be quiet, please! We are now starting with our work. Please be seated! Nobody will be allowed to come inside. Can you close the doors, please!]
Technicians, there is no light up here. Can you please assist us? We can't see here.
Magage?o, Ntlo e hlomphegago, re a thoma bjale ka mo?omo wa rena. A ke dire tsebi?o e tee ?e. Re timet?we ke mohlagase. Ga ke tsebe gore go reng o be o le gona beke kamoka, bjale lehono ge go etla Motlat?a Poresidente ga o be gona. Le ge gole bjalo, ba tsene fase ba a loki?a, re tla t?wela pele. Ge ba sa t?wa ba loki?a mohlagase, re tlo t?wela pele ka mo? omo wa rena. (Translation of Sepedi paragraph follows.)
[Hon House, we are now starting with our work. We do not have electricity. I wonder why we had electricity the entire week but today when the Deputy President is visiting it is not there. This problem is being attended to. We will continue with our work while they are busy attending to the electricity problem.]
Hon members, the communities of Tubatse and Sekhukhuneland, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa to the sitting of the National Council of Provinces in Greater Tubatse Local Municipality here in Praktiseer. I'm pleased that the Deputy President has graced this occasion to address us. I therefore call upon the Deputy President to address us. [Applause.]