Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
(1) expresses its total shock and rejection of a mother and her husband from North West who allowed her daughters, aged 12 and 16, to be prostituted over the years from 1993 to 1998 for as little as R5;
(2) notes that the husband, who was the stepfather, kept a mattress in his office at his work on which he raped an 8-year-old girl;
(3) commends the Pretoria regional court for sentencing the mother to 39 years and the husband to 50 years;
(4) is of the belief that monsters like these have no place in our communities and that they must rot in jail; and
(5) supports the initiative by the SAPS of declaring war against child abusers in this country.
Order! Is there any objection to the motion?
Chairperson, I move that the words ``for as little as R5'' be removed, because prostitution is prostitution, whether it is for a R1 million or for R5.
Order! Does the hon member have any objection to that?
No, Chairperson.
Amendment agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.
Motion, as amended, agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution, namely:
That the Council -
(1) expresses its total shock and rejection of a mother and her husband from North West who allowed her daughters, aged 12 and 16, to be prostituted over the years from 1993 to 1998; (2) notes that the husband, who was the stepfather, kept a mattress in his office at his work on which he raped an 8-year-old girl;
(3) commends the Pretoria Regional Court for sentencing the mother to 39 years and the husband to 50 years;
(4) is of the belief that monsters like these have no place in our communities and that they must rot in jail; and
(5) supports the initiative by the SAPS of declaring war against child abusers in this country.
Order! I want to make a remark, hon members. I notice that our motions are speeches. We will be obliged to set time aside if we use our motions to make speeches. We have been reluctant to rule, because we thought hon members would simply move motions. We will observe the situation, and if this continues, we will be obliged to force members to make their motions shorter.