Hon Chairperson, hon Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, hon Deputy President, premiers present, Speakers and Deputy Speakers, Ministers, MECs, hon members, people of Greater Tubatse ...
... ke ale dumedi?a. Se se ngwe se ke nyakagong gore le seke la se lebala batho ba ge?o ke gore, re kgobokane ka mo, re kwele ditaba t?e nt?i beke kamoka ga yona. Bophelo bja rena bo be bo bont?ha gore okare mohlako wa bathobaso ke leabela. Ga go bjalo? Ke ka lebaka la mebu?o ye re t?wagong go yona ya maloba. Bjale, ga go nyake gore batho ba rena ba lebale mo re t?wang gona.
Modimo o re ?egofadit?e, re humane Jacob Zuma, o itshwara bjalo ka Moshe. A re lebeleleng mo a re i?ago gona. [Legoswi.] Yo mongwe le yo mongwe ge a theeledit?e, a betha matsogo, a a seke a lebala gore Palamente ye e tlile Ga-Sekhukhune lehono ka baka la moetapele yo re nagong le yena e lego Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma. [Legofsswi.] (Translation of Sepedi paragraphs follows.)
[... I greet you. Another thing I would like you not to forget is that we heard a lot this week. We used to live as if poverty was hereditary among black people. Is that not so? It is because of the previous governments. Our people should not forget where we come from.
God has blessed us with Jacob Zuma, who is behaving like Moses. Let us look to where he is taking us. [Applause.] While you are listening and applauding, everyone must remember that Parliament has come to Ga- Sekhukhune because of our leader Jacob Gedleyhleikisa Zuma. [Applause.]]
In 1995, the Freedom Charter was drafted, which, amongst other things, promised "the people shall govern". During the elections last year, the ANC made promises in its manifesto that were premised on the same principle that "the people shall govern". During these elections, the people of Limpopo voted overwhelmingly for the ANC because they believed that this was the party that would ensure that they, as the people, would govern.
Since last year, the NCOP and its committees have visited the Greater Tubatse and surrounding areas in preparation for this Taking Parliament to the People visit.
Mo go ditokelo t?e t?a rena, re bone dilo t?e nt?i t?eo di bont?hago bohloki bja naga ye. Mo motseng wa Mafarafara, re bone ka moo batho ba tshelang noka ba ?omi?a segwaigwai se se swabi?ang. Ke gore, segwaigwai se, se a lefelwa mola batho ba rena ba sena t?helete. Gape ba gapelet?ega go tshela ka wona mokgwa woo, ge ba e ya go nyaka thuto dikolong ka mo?ola wa noka. Bothata bjo bongwe bja segwaigwai se ke gore se bea maphelo a badudi ba kotsing. Re kwele gore batho ba bangwe ba ?et?e ba lahleget?we ke maphelo a bona ka labaka la segwagwai. Bjale, boipilet?o bjo bogolo bjo re bo dirago ke gore mmu?o o ke o hlokomele batho ba Mafarafara gammogo le Pench mabapi le segwaigwai. Mokhuduthamaga wa Dinamelwa o a dikwa le yena ditaba t?a segwaigwai gomme ke kgolwa gore o tla ?oma ka matla a gagwe go rarolla taba ye.
Freedom Charter ge e bolela mant?u a gore batho ba tla bu?a - [The people shall govern.] - e akaret?a le ona mago?i. Gape kgo?i ke kgo?i ka batho. Molaotheo wa naga o gapelet?a gore mmu?o, mago?i le batho ba be le poledi?ano, tabakgolo e le ge re tlabe re fedi?a moya wa go se tshepane le go t?welet?a tiri?anommogo. Taba ye e nyaka tlhokomelo maaparankwe. Freedom Charter ye e ngwadilwego ka 1955, e be e etelet?we pele ke mago?i a go swana le Kgo?i Albert Luthuli. E?ita le ANC ge e thomiwa, e be e etelet?we pele ke mago?i a rena go t?wa kgole le kgauswi, go akaret?wa bo Kgo?i Kgama wa Botswana.
Batho ba Ga-Sekhukhune ba hwa ka tlala, efela ba dut?e godimo ga lehumo. Na re ka dira bjang gore platinamo e tlet?ego mo e kgone go ba thu?a, e sego fela go hola borameepo? Sello sa batho ba mo ke me?omo. Se le sona ke seo ka sekgowa ba rego ke "irony". [Kgegeyo.] Batho ba hloka me?omo mola go le meepo ya go feta lekgolo mo Ga-Sekhukhune.
Baithuti bao ba t?welet?ego dithutong t?a bona t?a marematlou, ba palelwa ke go t?wet?a dithuto t?a bona pele ka baka la go hloka ditseno. Pot?i?o e nngwe ke gore a baswa ba rena ba t loga ba ithuta go tii?it?we seatla goba dipoelo t?a bona ke t?ona di ba ?iti?ago go hwet?a thekgo ya ma?eleng?
Re le ba Palamente, re swanet?e go thu?a batho ba mo Ga-Sekhukhune gore mathata a bona a kgone go fela. Se re ka se kgona ge fela re ka dula le bona fase, ra boledi?ana le go logi?ana maano. Ke ka fao re tlilego go bona ka fao re ka thu?ago.
Ke ratile ka moo batho ba mo ba ikemi?edit?ego go ?omi?ana le rena go ka tla ka tharollo. Ge nkabe e le ba bangwe, nkabe re bone ka mello e swa bjalo ka metse ya go swana le bo Mamelodi, mo mat?at?ing a go feta. Gomme re rata go ba leboga ka go kgotlelela mmu?o. Re re go lena, ga go se se phalago thaerollo ya mathatha go feta poledi?ano.
Ye nngwe ya ditsela t?eo re ka thu?ago naga ye ya Ga-Sekhukhune ka yona, ke lenaneo la tlhabollo ya dinagamagae - [Rural development.]. Efela, bohlokwa bja yona bo ka bonala fela ge batho ba Ga-Sekhukhune ba ka holega, ba ba le bophelo bjo bo kaone. Gomme re tla kgopela gore ge go fet?wa ka lenaneo la Mihexe, kua Giyane, ye e latelago e tle mo Ga- Sekhukhune.
Mopresidente Jacob Zuma o bont?hit?e gore tabataba ya ngwaga wo ke ye bohlokwa kudu, ke ... (Translation of Sepedi paragraphs follows.)
[We have seen many things that make our country poor. People in Mafarafara are using a very bad bridge to cross the river. They even have to pay for that bridge and they do not have money. They cross the bridge to the school on the other side of the river. This bridge is a threat to the lives of people. We heard that there are people who already lost their lives because of that bridge. We are pleading with the government to help the communities of Mafarafara and Pench. The Member of the Executive Council for Transport is listening and I do believe that he will try his best to address this problem. When the Freedom Charter says the people shall govern, it includes the traditional leaders. Traditional leaders are there because of the people. The Constitution is forcing the government, traditional leaders and the communities to communicate. This will stop the mistrust among them and it will also promote co-operation. Chiefs, this matter needs attention. The Freedom Charter was written in 1955 and it was led by chiefs like Chief Albert Luthuli. When the ANC was established it was also led by the chiefs from different places, including Chief Kgama of Botswana.
The community of Ga-Sekhukhune is dying from hunger but they are sitting on top of wealth. How can we help them benefit from this platinum? It does not have to benefit the miners only. The community needs jobs. This is what is called "irony" in English. People are still not employed but there are more than 100 mines in Ga-Sekhukhune.
Students who did well in their matric are unable to further their studies because of a lack of income. The other question is: Are the students performing well or is it because of their poor performance that they are not getting the financial support?
We have to intervene as Parliament and help the community of Ga-Sekhukhune by solving their problems. We can solve these problems by sitting down with the community, discussing the problems and planning how we can solve them. That is the reason we are here.
I like the commitment of this community to work co-operatively with us to find the solutions to their problems. If it were any other community, we would have seen fires burning because of the problems, just like it happened in Mamelodi a few days ago. We appreciate your patience. Communication is the best way of solving a problem.
We can also help the community of Ga-Sekhukhune by implementing the rural development programme. The importance of this programme will be indicated by its benefits to the community of Ga-Sekhukhune. The lives of the people have to be improved. After completion of the Mihexe programme in Giyane, the next programme will take place in Ga-Sekhukhune.
President Jacob Zuma has indicated that the main theme for this year is very important and that is ...]
... working together to speed up effective service delivery to the people.
Se se swanet?e go bonala mo nageng ye ya Ga-Sekhukhune. Go godimo ga rena bjale ka baetapele go kgonthi?i?a gore se se a phethega. Mopresidente o bont?hit?e gape gore bohlokwa bja tabataba ye bo tla hlahla ka moo lenaneo la 2010 le tlago phethagat?wa ka gona. Ke kgahlile ke go kwa yo mongwe wa batho ba mo a dira boipilet?o bja gore go be le dipapat?o t?a 2010 World Cup. Go bolela nnete, le nna ga se ka bona le e tee ya dipapat?o t?e mola re etet?ego fa. Se se swanet?e go fetoga.
Re bone e bile re kgonthi?i?it?e mathatha a badudi ba mo. Le mo re bego re robala gona, go be go nale bothatha bja marangrang. Ke ipot?i?a gore badudi ba mo ba kgona bjang go phela ka ntle le marangrang mo nakong ye ya lehono, ye e bit?wago "the age of technology". Tekenolot?i mono Greater Sekhukhune ke tshwant?hi?o fela. Badudi ba duma go ?omi?a difounu, go bolela le batho ba gabo bona ba ba ?omago mafaseng a go swana le Gauteng, ba se sa ba ngwalela mangwalo, ba bolele le bona ka difounu. Fela go a pala ka baka la tlhokego ya marangrang.
Ba bangwe thelebi?ene ke matsaka ao ba sa a lorego, le gore ba ka ba le wona ka baka la mohlagase. T?ohle t?e di direga ka fase ga Afrika Borwa o moswa, ka ngwagakgolo wa masomepedi tee. Se se ra gore baswa ba mo ba tlo ?alela morago kudu. Baswa ge ba ?alet?wa morago, go ra gore naga ye le yona e ?alela morago. Se se ra gore bodiidi bo ka se fele ka gore baswa ba e lego baetapele ba ka moso ba tlabe ba diila. Se ke seo ka sekgowa ba rego ke "vicious circle". Gomme re le Palamente, re swanet?e go netefat?a gore se ga se direge.
Mathatha a mangwe a akaret?a tlhokego ya meetse, ditsela, dintlo, dikolo, maporogo, bjalobjalo. Nkase a bolele ka a feet?a. Ba bangwe ba badiri?anekanna ba tlatla ba a bolela go ya pele, le gore re tla leka go a rarolla bjang. Fela se ke se tsebago ke gore go a rarolla gona, re tlile go a rarolla, batho ba mono. E no ba fela taba ya nako. Bobedi bo bolaya noga.
Ka Laboraro, re etet?e motseng wa Kgo?i Madihlaba wa wate ya 10, set?emeng sa bakgalabje, bakgekolo le ba bangwe ba baswa ba rena mo mo ba ba hlokomet?ego dikgomo t?a maswi. Morago ga mengwaga e ?upa, batho ba ba sa hlaka. Mokgatlo wa Kgodi?o wa Boset?haba o bont?hit?e go ba thu?a ka ma?eleng. O bont?hit?e gore o nale dimelione t?e R1, 6 t?a go tlo thu?a dit?emeng t?e nne gona mo Ga-Sekhukhune. Ba ka se sa lema ka diatla, ba tlilo ba rekela terekere, ba ba agela bot?idifat?o, dikgomo di tlo oket?wa le go hlokomelwa, le go leboga baithaopi ge kgwedi e feela. Ba t?a temo le bona ba bont?hit?e gore ba tla hlokomela. Ke bolela ka batho ba set?ema sa Mabodibeng. Ge ke ruma, ke rata gore go baagi ba Ga-Sekhukhune, mona molomo o bolet?e, mona tsebe o kwele le mona mahlo o bone. Se se re ?alet?ego ke go netefat?a gore dillo t?a badudi ba mo Ga-Sekhukhune ga di wele fase. Ge re ka se dire bjalo, re tlabe re ba ?aet?a bagale ba go lwela naga ye, ba go swana le yena Kgo?i Sekhukhune ka sebele.
Re a sepela mamohla. Go badudi, a ke mathomo a go kgaogana le mohlako. Go nyakega tumelo fela bjale ka ge moruti a bolet?e t?at?i lela la Labobedi ge a bula mo?omo ka thapelo. Tshepang mmu?o wa let?at?i wa ANC. Ke a leboga. [Legoswi.] (Translation of Sepedi paragraphs follows.)
[This has to be seen in Ga-Sekhukhune. We have leaders above us to ensure the implementation of this. The President also indicated that the importance of this theme will give guidance on how the 2010 programme is to be implemented. I was impressed by one of the people here who suggested that the 2010 World Cup be advertised. I also have not seen a single 2010 World Cup advert. This has to change.
We have seen and confirmed the problems that are experienced by this community. We also experienced network problems where we were accommodated. I am concerned as to how these people afford to live without a network in this era that is called "the age of technology". There is no real technology in Ga-Sekhukhune. The community wants to communicate telephonically with their relatives who are working in places like Gauteng. This is impossible because of a lack of a network. They no longer want to write them letters.
Some of the people do not even dream of owning a television set because there is no electricity. All this is happening in the 21st century in the new South Africa. This means that the young people in this community will be far behind as compared to the young people in other areas of the country. If the youth is behind then their village is also lagging behind. Poverty will never come to an end because the youth who are the future leaders will also be poor. This is called a "vicious circle" in English. As Parliament we have to stop this.
Other problems include the lack of water, roads, houses, schools, bridges, etc. The list is endless. Some of my colleagues will name other problems and also indicate how we can solve them. I want to make it clear to you that we are going to solve those problems. It is only a matter of time. Two hands are better than one.
On Wednesday we visited Chief Madihlaba's village in Ward 10, where old men, old women and some of the young people were looking after the cattle that produce milk. Those people are still suffering even after seven years. The National Growth Fund has offered to help them. The National Growth Fund has indicated that there is R1,6 million that will help four projects in Ga- Sekhukhune. Those people will no longer do hand cultivation because they are going to get tractors; they are going to build them a cold room; the number of cattle is going to increase and will be taken care of and the volunteers are also going to be paid on a monthly basis. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has indicated that they will also help. I am talking about the people of Mabodibeng.
Let me conclude by saying that those who have mouths have spoken, those who have ears have heard and those who have eyes have seen. Our responsibility is to make sure that we solve the problems that are encountered by this community. If we do not solve them we will be unfair to heroes such as Chief Sekhukhune who fought for this land.
We are leaving today. This is the beginning of the end of poverty. All you need is faith, as the pastor indicated when he opened the day for us with a prayer on Tuesday. Believe in the government that is led by the ANC. Thank you. [Applause.]]