Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with utter disdain the racial undertones and stereotypes made by the Speaker of the Western Cape, the hon Mr Shahid Esau, who told a group of about 70 staff members of the Western Cape Legislature that there were too many black women in the legislature and that he will go as far as the Northern Cape and Limpopo to get those he classified as "boere" to come and work for the legislature; and
(2) takes this opportunity to condemn in the strongest possible terms this racial insult and calls on structures charged with protecting our people from such racial bigotry, such as the Equality Court and the Commission for Gender Equality, to rise up to the call of duty and ensure that the staff members of the legislature are protected from such despicable utterances, which are intended to project the Western Cape as an independent island by those who are bent on holding us fast to our divided past.
We object 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.
Chairperson, I rise on a point of order. You have not ruled on the first motion on Allan Boesak. We had an objection to it.
I now declare that in light of the objection the motion may not be proceeded with. The motion without notice will now become a notice of a motion.