Madam Chair, I move without notice:
That the Council -
(1) notes with shock and horror the incident which occurred at the Mtentu cuttings on the road between Umtata and Idutywa in the Eastern Cape yesterday;
(2) further notes that five people, travelling in a taxi, were killed and seven injured when people in a car, overtaking the taxi, opened fire on the taxi, causing it to leave the road and overturn;
(3) also notes that countless motions have been moved in the Council lamenting the frequent and tragic taxi-related violence in South Africa;
(4) urges the community to support and co-operate with the Department of Safety and Security in the investigation in order to bring the perpetrators to justice;
(5) expresses its deep sympathy with the victims and their families; and
(6) expresses the hope that the perpetrators of this and other violent crimes will speedily be arrested and made to realise that those who do the crime must do the time.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.