Deputy Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that effective participation of viable political parties in the electoral processes of our country is an essential prerequisite for a vibrant, people-centred democracy;
2) also notes that the recent by-election performance by the Congress of the People in the Northern Cape Municipality of Khai-Ma should be noted as a sure signal of future political dynamics in South Africa;
3) further notes that during the 2006 general municipal elections, the ANC conquered 88,23% of the votes with the opposition parties at 11,77% - DA at 6,93% and the ID at 4,84%;
4) recognises that on 12 August 2009, in a head-to-head contest between the ANC and the Congress of the People, Cope, made substantive inroads by slashing the ANC majority by 66,88% to a very modest 59,01%, and with 40,99% of the voters aligning with Cope and in the absence of contestation by other opposition parties, the opposition vote increased by 350%; and
5) notes that the municipality of Khai-Ma, better known as Pofadder - the generic name of a feared species in the animal kingdom - where a previously ANC-dominated ward has now become a marginal seat, is set to go down in history as the small but definitive beginning of true multiparty democracy in South Africa and that the Pofadder by- election is set to be the first of many towards dismantling the defacto one-party domination in all spheres of public life in South Africa.
Chairperson, this is no longer a motion, but a statement. This time is for motions and not statements.
The motion is agreed to ...
No, Chair, we didn't agree to that motion.
In light of the objection, the motion may not be proceeded with. The motion without notice will now become a notice of motion.