Madam Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Chief Whip of the Majority Party, I move without notice:
That the House -
(1) notes that yesterday, 19 October 2009 marked the 32nd anniversary of National Media Freedom Day;
(2) further notes that on 19 October 1977 the apartheid government banned The World and Weekend World as well as Pro Veritate, a religious publication that was run by the late Beyers Naud and that the day was later known as Black Wednesday;
(3) believes that media freedom is one of the cornerstones of our democracy and this freedom, that is entrenched in the South African Constitution, should be guarded at all times;
(4) further believes that media freedom plays a very important role in creating and motivating public debate; and
5) supports media freedom and freedom of expression.
Agreed to.