Waarnemende Voorsitter, ek gee hiermee kennis dat ek op die volgende sittingsdag sal voorstel:
Dat die Raad kennis neem -
1) dat die helfte van die munisipaliteite van die Wes-Kaap se water erg besoedel is, naamlik die munisipaliteite Bergrivier, Kaap Agulhas, Cederberg, Sentrale Karoo, Eden-distrik, Stellenbosch en nog talle ander;
2) dat die ho vlakke van E.coli-besmetting 'n ernstige gesondheidsgevaar inhou vir verbruikers;
3) dat die besoedelde water gebruik word om landbouprodukte te besproei en dat dit ons uitvoermark in gevaar stel;
4) dat die owerheid onmiddellik aandag aan hierdie probleem moet gee en moet sorg dat infrastruktuur in stand gehou en verbeter word; en
5) dat ons nie 'n Eskom-tragedie met ons water wil h nie.
Ek dank u. (Translations of Afrikaans notice of motion follows.)
[Mr J W LE ROUX: Acting Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move:
That the Council notes that -
1) there is severe contamination of the water of half of the municipalities in the Western Cape, namely those of Berg River, Cape Agulhas, Cederberg, Central Karoo, Eden District, Stellenbosch and many others; 2) the high levels of E.coli contamination pose a serious health risk to consumers:
3) the contaminated water is used to irrigate agricultural products, which is endangering our export market;
4) the authorities should pay immediate attention to this problem and should see to it that infrastructure is maintained and upgraded; and
(5) we do not want an Eskom tragedy with our water supply.]
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move:
That this House -
(1) notes that although matric results were published more than two months ago, and the new school year is already well under way, 33 learners at Chatty Senior Secondary School in Port Elizabeth have still not received their results for the matric exams because their exam papers have been lost by the education department;
(2) also notes that the lives of these learners have had to be put on hold while they wait for this bungle to be sorted out and that they cannot get jobs or proceed to higher education, yet no serious attention is being paid to finding a way to solve this problem;
(3) acknowledges that this is indicative of the disorder that prevails within the Eastern Cape's department of education, where the Auditor-General has found the department to be riddled with fraud, unable to ensure that schools are run efficiently and unable to deliver basic services such as the school-feeding scheme; and
(4) realises that any improvement to the performance of our children in school needs to start with ensuring that basic administrative processes are in place, and that, in this regard, the Eastern Cape department of education, and many others across the country, have failed dismally.
I thank you.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move:
That the Council -
1) extends its sincere congratulations to the Mpumalanga Schools Swimming Team for their performance in the National Schools Swimming Championships that took place over the past weekend, for high school learners in East London and for primary school learners in Cape Town, respectively;
2) notes that these youngsters had to endure troubling times when the national Department of Sport and Recreation, at the last minute, announced its withdrawal of funds towards the event, leaving at least 43 high school and seven primary school swimmers from Mpumalanga without transport and accommodation;
3) further notes that despite these trials and tribulations, and despite not having a full team, these youngsters excelled at the SA Schools Swimming Championships held over the past weekend, and did the Mpumalanga province proud, with the primary school swimmers winning three gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal, and one silver medal for the high school swimmers;
4) congratulates the swimmers in the Mpumalanga Schools Swimming Team, for their excellent performance, and the leadership and organisers of Mpumalanga Swimming, who, despite these challenges, managed to source funding to ensure that swimmers of our province attended the championship; and
5) calls upon the Department of Education and the department of culture, sport and recreation to consider the possibility of assisting Mpumalanga Swimming to meet the financial obligations of the past weekend.
Thank you, hon Watson. [Interjections.] I am still in the Chair. Thank you. [Laughter.] Order! Is there any other member who wishes to give notice of a motion? None.