Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes with profound sadness the untimely and tragic death of Comrade Pandelani "Sparks" Ramagoma on Monday, 10 August 2009;
2) further notes that Ramagoma was involved in a car accident on Monday, 10 August 2009, when travelling on the N1 North near Makhado (Louis Trichardt) in Limpopo;
3) recognises that he was the MEC for Public Works in the Limpopo Provincial Government, a member of the Limpopo ANC Provincial Executive Committee and Chairperson of the South African Communist Party, SACP, in Limpopo; 4) recalls that at the time of his death he was leading the Expanded Public Works Programme, EPWP, in Limpopo, one of the South African government's short to medium-term programmes aimed at the provision of additional work opportunities coupled with training for the poor;
5) acknowledges that Ramagoma was a determined scholar who obtained, at the University of South Africa, a Diploma in Public Administration, a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics and Development Studies and a Masters degree in Development, MDev, and was finalising his MBA;
6) remembers that the South African public has lost a committed patriot and son of the soil, and a dedicated and confident cadre who never failed in whichever area he was deployed; and
7) conveys its condolences to the Ramagoma family, the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the broader working class movement.
Agreed to.