Thank you, Xhamela. Could we not on this day perhaps lay aside grandiloquent thoughts and, instead, strive to make former President Mandela's old-fashioned manners fashionable again? Did the Chief Whip of the Majority Party not say this about Acting President Kgalema when we speak in this House? As true Africans we cannot say "Kgalema" like that to the President. [Interjections.]
The finest way we can honour Madiba's legacy is not with towering monuments, but by how we emulate his grace in our daily lives. It falls to few to lead nations, but it falls to each one of us to build the nation. Xhamela, with your permission, can I ask all the male hon members to rise to their feet so that we can, in true African tradition, pay tribute to this great man. [Applause.] Men only! Men only! [Interjections.] Aah!
HON MEMBERS: Aah!