Marwick no-show, 4 MPs attend

SIPHOFANENI – 2ne oI the most antic ipated guest speaNers at 1omalungelo /a=wide 6imelane¶s thanNsgiving celeEration /oEamEa /omd]ala 0emEer oI 3arliament 03 0arwicN .humalo did not attend the event

The outspoNen veteran 03 was among those e[pected to attend and give a thanNsgiving speech Ior the newly elected 6iphoIaneni 03 5easons Ior his aEsence were not mentioned as the Iour other 03s attended the event to support /a=wide The Iour 03s included 1dumiso 0asimula Irom /omahasha 0an]i =wane Irom 1hlamEeni 'umisani 0Ehamali Irom 6omntongo and 6andla )aNud]e Irom *ilgal /a=wide thanNed the 03s Ior attending the event and said she was looNing Iorward to worN ing with them in 3arliament

³:hen , said , will Ee worNing with people in 3arliament to Iurther the agenda that you have given me as the people oI my constituency , meant these gentlemen here , am grateIul to them Ior attending the event and , am already looNing Iorward to worNing with them ´ she said

03 0Ehamali said he was e[cited when /a =wide won the Ey election Eecause he Nnew she was going to add value in the calls Ior democracy in 3arliament +is counterpart Irom *ilgal said he was also grateIul that /a=wide was not Must a colleague to him Eut a neighEour 1hlamEeni 03 =wane raised a concern over the change oI venue Ior the event and said it was worrying to note that 03s were sometimes denied access to the centres

³, will raise the matter in 3arliament and , will Tuestion whether we now have tinNhundla cen tres in the country or not ´ said =wane