Madam Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that the South African rugby team beat Wales 20-15 on Saturday, 8 November 2008, and beat Scotland 14-10 on Saturday, 15 November 2008;
2) further notes that this means that the Springboks have already won two of their three matches in their three-test end-of-season tour;
3) recognises that our national rugby team are great ambassadors for our country and instil a sense of pride in all South Africans;
4) acknowledges the many exciting young rugby playing talents we have in this country that need to be nurtured;
5) further recognises that both these victories serve to inspire all our young South African sportsmen and women to work hard and to develop themselves in order to excel not only in the field of rugby but in any field of sport so that they can also represent South Africa in the future;
6) wishes the Springboks well for their final match of the tour against England on Saturday, 22 November 2008; and
7) congratulates the Springboks on their highly successful 2008 rugby season.
Agreed to.
HON MEMBERS: Hear, hear! [Interjections.]
Hon members, let me make this plea upfront. I know we may be meeting for the last time, or a number of us are. There are going to be lots of consultations, taking of particulars and so on. I don't want to create an environment for that here. I think it's a very good thing to do, for colleagues to know how they are going to reach each other during recess and so on. But we are going to ask the colleagues, politely, to leave the House. I would be very happy to remain with 50 people who are dedicated to what we want to deal with here. The Whips must please help us.
The problem is - and I've never wanted to do this - every time we call you to order because of the noise, it must be captured by Hansard. For generations and generations to come, people will read and see that, here are these people whom they entrusted with their lives and everything, and they are being called to order every 15 minutes.
Please, hon members, let us help each other. We are all leaders. Let us help each other and make sure that this last day but one becomes also a memorable day in terms of us respecting each other. I must confess, Mr Davidson, that I struggled to hear what you said. I'm very happy there was no opposition to it.
Madam, shall I repeat it?
No, unfortunately. [Laughter.] I was going to ask you to repeat it if anyone was opposed to it. But because everybody loved it, that was fine.