Modulasetulo, ke kopa go simolola ka go amogela mme wa rona e leng Modulasetulo wa bomme kwa Bokone Bophirima, Motlatsammusakgotla wa Bokone Bophirima, eleng Mme Jane Manganyi. [Legofi.]
Ba re ausi o siela ngwana letsele; ena o ntshietse Komiti ya Tikologo. Ke itumelela go nna teng ga gago, mme. O se makale fa ke bua ka Setswana, ke lapisitswe ke batho ba ba botsang gore a go na le boMaluluke kwa Bokone Bophirima, ke ka fao ke tla tswelela ke bua Setswana.
Rona batho ba ba ileng ba reetsa fa go opelwa sefela se se reng: Kenang bohle sebaka se sa le teng. Re a itumela gonne re ne ra tsena mo mokgathlong wa ANC, e bile gompieno re kgona go bona moputso wa go ikamanya le mokgatlho ono.
Mme Tona, Tonakgolo o tlhola a re go na le borramaparego le bommamaparego. Re ne re makala gore o raya jang, mme re a bona gompieno gore o raya bomang; ba teng ebile go thata mo Ntlong e. Ba re ga ba tshegetse Tekanyetsokabo e eleng ka ga matshelo a batho. Rona re le ANC re tshegetsa Tekanyetsokabo e gore matshelo a batho a tswelelepele. [Legofi.]
Dilo tse dintle ga di nke di bonwa ke batho. Ga ke batle go bua ka tlhotlhomiso tse di dirwang kwa ntle ga naga, ke batla go bua ka tlhotlhomiso e e dirilweng ke nna. Mo nakong e fetileng, re ne re rutiwa ka dithuto tsa bodumedi, re sa itse sepe ka tsa tikologo. Gompieno fa ke apesa ngwana jeresi o kgona go mpotsa gore a ga ke a bona maemo a bosa a bo a mpolelela gore kwa ntle go a fisa. Se, ke se sengwe se se tlisitsweng ke puso ya ANC. Ke mosola o re o boneng go tswa go ANC.
Motlotlegi Tona se sengwe gape ke gore, fa re ne re gola, re ne re besa dikgong jaaka Maaforika, jaanong seo ga re tlhole re se dira gonne o re rutile go tlhokomela tikologo ya rona. Ke kgale ke sa bone le mosi kwa Mathibestad, seo se a itumedisa. (Translation of Setswana paragraphs follows.)
[Ms J M MALULEKE: Chairperson, I would like to start by welcoming the Chairperson of the ANC Women's League in the North West province, Deputy Speaker of the North West, Ms Jane Manganyi. [Applause.]
They say an elder sister leaves being breastfed for the younger one; she left me the Environmental Affairs committee. I appreciate your presence, ma'am. Don't be surprised when I speak Setswana, I'm tired of people who like to ask if there are Malulekes in the North West province, that is the reason why I continue speaking Setswana.
We are the people who listened when this hymn was sung: Kenang bohle sebaka se sa le teng. We are happy because that's when we joined the ANC, and today we reap the rewards of being part of this party. Minister, our Premier likes to say that there are men and women who are obstacles. We used to be surprised with this remark, but today we can see who he was referring to; they do exist and it is tough in this House. They say they don't support this Budget Vote that is about people's lives. The ANC supports this Budget Vote so that people's lives can progress. [Applause.]
People never experience good things. I do not want to speak about research that has been conducted in other countries, I want to speak about the research that I conducted. In the past, we were taught religious studies, we knew nothing about environmental studies. Today when I dress a child in a jersey, he or she can ask me if I did not see how the weather, is and even tell me that it is hot outside. This is one the things brought about by the ANC government. It is one of the good things we got from the ANC.
Hon Minister, when we were growing up, we as Africans used to make fire with wood, but now it is something we no longer do because you taught us to care for our environment. It has been a while since I last saw smoke coming out of Mathibestad and that is pleasing.]
Chairperson, hon Minister and hon members, prior to 1994 environmental governance was an emerging discipline that was selectively applied and highly fragmented in its application. The right to a clean and healthy environment was not enshrined in the Constitution, although it was selectively applied. The ANC-led government has come a long way, ensuring that the constitutionally entrenched right to a clean environment is realised and protected.
Gompieno re kgona go bua ka tikologo, maloba re ne re sa itse gore mewa e kgotlhelang loabi ke eng. Fa re ne re tla mo kopanong ya komiti lwa ntlha le Mogenerala, o ne a mpotsa fa ke itse ka tsa tikologo. Ka mo araba ka gore ke tshogile, bogolo fa Tona a ne a bua ka mewa e kgotlhelang loabi.
Gompieno re a tlhaloganya gore ke eng se se neng se baka gore pula e se ke ya na fa re lema kwa Mathibestad. Ka jalo re ikemiseditse go ruta batho ba rona gore ba tlogele go fisa bojang, gore pula e kgone go na. Se, ke patlisiso e rona re e dirileng fa re se na go utlwa ka mewa e kgotlhelang loabi tse Tona a neng a bua ka tsone. A ke tsene mo go se ke se romilweng ke ANC. (Translation of Setswana paragraphs follows.)
[Today we are able to speak about the environment, but in the past we did not know what was polluting the air. When we came to the first committee meeting together with the General, he asked if I knew anything about the environment. I responded that I was scared, more especially when the Minister was speaking about air polluters.
Today we understand what makes it difficult for rain to pour down when we plant at Mathibestad. Therefore we are determined to teach our people to stop setting fire to the grass so that there can be rain. This is the investigation we did after we heard about the air polluters that the Minister spoke about. Let me do what the ANC sent me to do.]
The focus of my speech in this debate is in the context of a response to measures put in place to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country.
The danger posed by climate change to South Africa remains a cause for concern to all of us. This is so, because our development as a country hinges on the use of our natural resources. For us as a country to survive, we need to develop a good relationship with our environment, by using the least of what we have in a constructive way.
It is in this spirit, then, that South Africa concluded a number of agreements to reduce the damage that can be caused when there is no co- ordinated approach by the entire world in adhering to prescribed policies and principles, as well as resolutions that will help reduce the danger.
Jaaka Maaforika, ga re a tshwanela go diega go diragatsa ditumelano tseno. Fa re tsiboga ka bonako mabapi le ntlha e, re tla thusega mo go lwantsheng malwetse a re nang le ona jaaka bolwetse jwa letlalo. Re itse sentle gore fa go fisa thata, re kgona go tsenwa ke kankere ka ntlha ya mogote o o feteletseng. (Translation of Setswana paragraph follows.)
[As Africans, we should not delay in implementing these agreements. If we respond quickly to this issue, we will help ourselves in fighting diseases such as skin disease. We know well that when it is very hot we easily get infected with skin cancer due to the extreme heat.]
Excessive rain leads to skin diseases such as skin rashes and skin cancer, as well as stroke and malaria. There is a call for a co-ordinated response in order to minimise the impact of climate change on the communities of the world.
In his address at the official opening of the United Nations conference in Durban on the UN Climate Change Regime, Cop 17, hon President Jacob Zuma said the following and I quote:
As we begin the high level segment, we need to rebuild trust and to reassure one another of honest intent and commitment to find solutions for the problems caused by climate change.
Furthermore, in December 2009 President Jacob Zuma announced that South Africa would implement mitigation actions that would result in a 34% and a 42% deviation below its "business as usual" emission growth trajectory by 2020 and 2025, respectively. With financial technology and capacity building support, South Africa's greenhouse emissions will peak between 2020 and 2025.
The National Climate Change Response Policy embodies South Africa's commitment to a fair contribution to establishing our own greenhouse concentration in the atmosphere and the protection of our country and its people from the impact of inevitable climate change. South Africa is committed to reducing carbon emissions to below its anticipated emission growth trajectory. Preparatory work and research to set emission reduction objectives and measure these reductions in key sectors are under way.
In addition, South Africa is vulnerable to the impact of climate change and it is therefore committed to strengthening its social and economic resilience to the effects of climate change. We assure South Africans that the process to curb this is under way and South Africans do not have to worry about that.
Re tla go sala morago, Tona, re thusane go diragatsa gore Aforika Borwa e nne tulo e e bolokegileng. [We will follow you, Minister, to help one another in making South Africa a safe place.]
Rightfully, our President moved on the premise that acknowledges the common threat faced by humanity as caused by the ever-changing climatic conditions. It is time we reinforced our approach in fighting the causal effects of this scourge. It is the sole responsibility of the department to make sure that we conform to the resolutions adopted in Durban as a means of responding to the need to reduce the global threat to the environment. Accordingly, our budget needs to be responsive to the implementation of the set of resolutions as per directive of the Durban summit on the UN Climate Change Regime.
Ke lantlha ke dumela se DA e se buang. [For the first time I agree with the