Chairperson, with leave, I wish to move the draft resolution printed in my name on the Order Paper, with amendments, as follows:
That the House-
(1) notes with profound sadness the untimely death on Sunday, 4 October 2009, in the Eastern Cape, of former South African ambassador to Morocco, Mr Mtutuzeli "Ginyizembe" Mpehle; (2) further recalls that Mr Mpehle, a qualified teacher, fled the country in 1962 to join the exiled ANC and its military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe;
(3) further remembers that he and his then wife Joy left Ghana for Zambia in 1965 where he became involved in the political education of young cadres in Lusaka, was later the ANC's chief representative in Zimbabwe and India, returned to South Africa in 1993, worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs until 1995, became a Member of Parliament and from 2001 to 2006 was the South African ambassador to Morocco;
(4) recognises that at the time of his death Mr Mpehle had been widely regarded as one of the ANC's respected elders;
(5) believes that he has discharged his responsibilities with dedication, discipline, diligence and humility; and
(6) conveys its condolences to the Mpehle family, the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party.
Motion, as amended, accordingly agreed to.