Madam Deputy Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes with profound sadness the passing away of Comrade Ronnie Press on 28 October 2009 in Bristol, England;
2) recalls that Comrade Ronnie joined the Congress of Democrats in 1953, played an active role in Cosatu, the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe and the SACP, and also served as Secretary of the Textile Workers' Industrial Union;
3) remembers that comrade Ronnie, alongside Nelson Mandela and others, was amongst those comrades charged with high treason in the famous 1956 treason trial and after the trial, went into exile in the United Kingdom where he continued to assist in operations against the apartheid state and was instrumental in the development of the Bristol Anti-Apartheid Movement;
4) further remembers that Comrade Ronnie was a trained chemical engineer and has contributed immensely to the struggle by providing much - needed technical expertise and helped to smuggle equipment and weapons into South Africa and was involved in the movement's technical committee which created a variety of devices that were used in operations against the apartheid state; and
5) conveys its condolences to the Press family and friends, the ANC, the SACP and Cosatu.
Agreed to.