Motlat?a-Sepikara, Motlat?a-Mopresidente, maloko ao a hlomphegago a Ntlo ye kgethwa ye, ke eme mo ke tlile go hlobo?a lapa la mogale wa bagale, e lego Morena Mahwidi John Phala, yo a re tloget?ego.
Morena Phala, bjalo ka ge go ?et?e go bolet?we mo, o tsenet?e mokgatlo wa go lwela khut?o mengwageng ya bo50. Se ke there?o. Ke mo tsebile ka dinako t?eo ge re be re katana le mmu?o wola wa maloba wa kgethollo. Re ile ra timelelana ka ge re be re ?oma ka sephiri, gomme mmu?o o be o nt?hint?e ka ga t?hwene o swara ebile o bolaya. Phala o ile a tsena bjangbotala le rena ra tsena bjangbotala, gomme ra timelelana.
Ke ile ka kwa ka ga yena ge rena le ba bangwe gona ka mo -boTokyo Sexwale - re emet?e thapo kua Tshwane Kgorongkgolo ya tsheko. Re be re seka gomme le yena a seka kua Kgorongkgolo ya tsheko ya Springs. Ba bangwe ba rena re ile ra phomelela gomme ra t?wa kgolegong. Eup?a yena le ba bangwe ba ile ba ahlolwa - bjalo ka ge go ?et?e go bolet?we fa.
Mahwidi Phala o be a ikgafet?e go lokolla naga ye le set?haba sa yona bophelong bja gagwe. Mahwidi Phala e be e le motho yo a bego a rata gore Afrika-Borwa e be naga e tee ka fase ga mookamedi o tee. E be e le maikemi?et?o a gagwe ao. O be a na le maitshwaro gomme a rata batho. Eup?a ge a be a ka hwet?a gore o sehwirihwiri gomme o lebelela morago mokgatlong le tseleng ya ntwa, o be a go tlogela. O be a re: "Ke t?a gago t?eo, rena re t?wela pele. O tla ?ala o di bona, sehwirihwiri tena!" E be e le motho wa go bolela ka tsela ye. Ke ka fao ke mo tsebago ka gona.
Mahwidi Phala o rile go t?wa kgolegong kua Robben Island - bjalo ka ge go ?et?e go bolet? we - nna le Tonakgolo ya Maphelo, Ngaka Aaron Motswaledi, le ba bangwe re ile ra mo direla mokete wo mogolo lapeng la gagwe gomme ra mo amogela. Go tloga fao, Mahwidi o bile le rena gomme ra bopa mokgatlo wa ANC ka tlase ga maitshawaro a magolo le lerato la go t?wet?a mokgatlo wo pele gore re lokolle naga ye. O ile a ba yo mongwe wa go bopa mokgatlo wo kua Limpopo nakong ya ge e sa le "Northern Transvaal". Gant?i o be a tsebja ka la "the lion of the north". O be a ?oma kudukudu mokgalabje Phala.
Go ile gwa fihla nako yeo e lego gore mokgatlo wo o a boya ka morago ga ditheri? ano. Morena Phala e bile leloko la Palamente, bjalo ka ge le ?et?e le tseba ka moka ga lena. O ?omile kua Limpopo le mo Kapa go fihlela ge a robala.
Morena Phala e be e le motho yo a ratago batho kudukudu. Eup?a ge e le mokgatlo wa gagwe wona, o be a o rata go feta dilo t?e ka moka. Bjalo ka ge mokgalabje a robet?e ka la30 Julae, re mo phuthile monyanyeng wa go keteka bophelo bja gagwe. Le a tseba gore ge motho a ?et?e a na le mengwaga ye 85, ga e sa le dillo, ke keteko ya bophelo bja gagwe ka gore ge motho a tlile lefaseng, ka nako ye nngwe ke tshwanelo gore a fete.
O tlogela mediro ye megolo go rena re lego Ntlong ye, set?haba le bana ba gagwe gore re t?wele pele go aga naga ye ya Afrika-Borwa ka fase ga Mopresidente o tee le naga e tee bjalo ka ge a re tlogelet?e wona mant?u a. Ge re be re le kua moketeng wa gagwe, re be re na le motlat?a mookamedi, e lego Kgalema Motlanthe. Ke yo. O be a le gona. Re mo phuthile semmu?o. Ka mant?u a mangwe o humane poloko ya semmu?o.
Bjalo re rata gore - pele ga bana ba gagwe le lena ka moka -a robale ka khut?o mogale wa bagale. Rena bao re ?et?ego mo, re swanet?e go t?ea tlhabano ya gagwe gomme re t?wele pele go bopa naga ye, re tlogele mabarebare. Naga ye e nyaka ma?ole a go tia a go swana le Morena Phala. Re swanet?e go kgokagana re age naga. O re tlogelet?e yona taba ye. Re swanet?e go e swara ka matsogo a mabedi gomme re t?wele pele. Go se ke gwa ba le bohwirihwiri. O be a sa rate bohwirihwiri, Phala. O be a sa rate go lebelela morago, eup?a a rata go lebela pele.
Re re go bana ba gagwe le lena ka moka, a robale ka khut?o. Ke a leboga. [Magoswi.] (Translation of Sepedi speech follows.)
[Mr L N DIALE: Deputy Speaker, Deputy President, hon members of this august House, I am standing here to extend my condolences to the family of a hero, that is Mr Mahwidi John Phala, who has passed on.
Mr Phala, as has already been indicated here, joined the party that fought for freedom in the 50s. This is a fact. I got to know him in those days when we were fighting against the previous apartheid regime. We lost touch as we were operating underground, and the government was up in arms arresting and killing. Phala disappeared, and we also disappeared and we eventually lost touch.
I heard about him again when myself and some people here - people like Tokyo Sexwale - were waiting in the Tshwane High Court to be hanged. We were on trial; he was also on trial in the Springs High Court. Some of us were released from prison but, judgement had already been passed on him and some other people, as has already been indicated here.
In his lifetime, Mahwidi Phala sacrificed himself to free this country and its nation. Mahwidi Phala was a kind of person who wanted South Africa to be one country under one leader. Those were his intentions. He was well behaved and someone who loved people. But should he find out that you were a hypocrite and that you did not commit your life to the party and to the struggle, he would leave you. He would say:" That is your problem, we are continuing. You will see where your life will end up, you hypocrite!"
After Mahwidi Phala was released from prison on Robben Island - as has already been indicated - the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, and I and others organised a huge welcome back party for him at his home. From there, Mahwidi has been with us and we formed the ANC because the purpose was to free this country. He was one of those people who built this party in Limpopo in those days when it was still called "Northern Transvaal". He was mostly known as "the lion of the north". Mr Phala was a hard-working person.
There came a time when this organisation went back to the table. As we all know, Mr Phala was a Member of Parliament. He was deployed to Limpopo as well as Cape Town until he passed on.
Mr Phala loved people, but when coming to his organisation, he excelled because he loved this organisation to the extreme. As an old man, he died on 30 July, and we laid him to rest. We did not mourn his death but we celebrated his life as we all know that he was 85 years old and it was time for him to pass on.
He bequeathed great deeds to us in this House, the community and his children so as to carry on to build our country South Africa under one President and as one nation as this was what he cherished. The Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe, was also among those who were present at the funeral. He was given a state funeral. We buried him formally. That is to say, we accorded him a state funeral.
At this juncture, we say to his children and everybody - let him rest in peace, he is a hero among heroes. All of us who left behind, have to pick up his baton and continue building this nation, and stop listening to destructive words. This nation needs strong soldiers like Mr Phala. We have to unite and build the nation. He left us with this idea of building the nation. We have to cherish and uphold this idea and continue to fight. Mr Phala did not like deceitfulness or roguery but instead committed his life to the organisation and did not look back.
We say to his children and everybody, may he rest in peace. Thank you [Applause.]]
Debate concluded.
Motion agreed to.