Thank you very much Chair, I hereby wish to move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes the continued efforts by certain individuals and formations that seek to manipulate the legacy that was first mooted at the adoption of the Freedom Charter as a historic founding policy directive and a statement of core principles of the SA Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress, ANC, and its allies the SA Indian Congress, the SA Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People's Congress;
2) acknowledges that the ANC sent out 50 000 volunteers into townships and the countryside to collect "freedom demands" from the people of South Africa, which were later synthesised into the final document by the Congress of the People in 1955 in Kliptown, Soweto, under the leadership of ANC leaders such as Z K Matthews and Lionel "Rusty" Bernstein;
3) takes this opportunity to condemn in the strongest possible terms any efforts by any formations or individuals that blatantly seek to blight this historic event of our liberation movement and the people of South Africa; and
4) calls on all ANC structures and alliance partners to rise up and defend this significant legacy of our movement, a legacy that our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will live to cherish and defend, a legacy that small-minded and selfish people would like to steal from future generations.
May we all live the Freedom Charter in its totality and not selective clauses!
Order! Is there any objection?
Yes, Chairperson, the DA objects.
In the light of the objection, the motion may not be proceeded with. The motion without a notice will now become notice of a motion.