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Honourable Speaker/Chairperson & Members
Lets first thank God for giving us this great leader, yes we must be thankful that God have borrowed us this great leader for 95 years, Comrade President Nelson Mandela.
Speaker
I can say without any doubt that if it was not for Nelson Mandela this country would have gone up in flames.
It is because of Nelson Mandela’s wisdom that we sit here in this Parliament as fellow South Africans, Black and White.
Nelson Mandela saved this country from a blood bath.
Yes, who can forget when one of our outstanding great leaders Comrade Chris Hani were brutally killed by evil forces, yes it was Nelson Mandela who said to us, the solution to the problems of our country won’t come through the barrel of a gun, but through talking to each other.
Yes, Nelson Mandela calmed all of us (some of us very hot heads) who wanted to fight and avenge the killing of Comrade Chris Hani, we were very angry, was it not for Nelson Mandela thousands could have been killed, Black and White, yes here we are sitting together as one Nation because of him.
Fellow South Africans what is it that we can do to preserve his legacy?
I believe Comrade Mandela left us with a precious treasure that nobody can take away from us, that is our Constitution, that is what Nelson Mandela lived and struggled for.
Let me remind you this Constitution was signed by this great hero Nelson Mandela.
If we respect this Constitution like he did we will always live in peace and harmony.
Yes, when thousands of us were locked up in the prisons of this country, our hope was pinned on our leaders on the island, led by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela,
Yet we knew that he was also behind bars and serving a life term, but we were always singing a song “Rolihlahla Mandela freedom is in your hands, show us the way to freedom in this land of Africa”.
On behalf of the Congress of the People and the Bloem family we say to Madiba:
Roballa ka khotso, Ntate
Mooi loop groot leier
Till we meet again Grandfather
We salute you!
I thank you