Deputy Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with utmost concern the decision of the Greater Ba-Phalaborwa municipality in the Limpopo province to stop the supply of water to 24 schools that have not paid their water bills for the past five years;
2) further notes that the Greater Ba-Phalaborwa municipality indicates that it is owed over R4,8 million by the 24 schools;
3) calls on the Minister of Basic Education, the Minister for Co- operative Governance and Traditional Affairs and the relevant MECs to intervene immediately to ensure that this issue is resolved and that the learners are given access to water by tomorrow, 22 October 2009; and
4) further instructs the relevant committees of the Council to follow up on this issue and, when necessary, call on those responsible to account to Parliament about this irresponsible and intolerable situation in the province.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.