Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that two senior officials at the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office, Cipro, have been formally suspended over their involvement in granting a suspect R153 million tender last year and that the department is in a process of cancelling the fraudulent and sinister contract; 2) takes this opportunity to congratulate the Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies for his stern action against corruption and fraud in his department; and
(3) urges the Minister to heed President Jacob Zuma's call to ensure that cases of corruption receive utmost priority in order to send a clear message to those who continue to dig their hands in the public purse and manipulate government processes to enrich themselves and their cronies that their selfish deeds will not be tolerated and they have no place in this government.
Chairperson, on the next sitting day of the Council the DA shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the unacceptable way in which the Department of Police spent their budget during the previous 4 years, namely -
a) in the 2006-07 financial year R448 million was spent on 7 new police stations and 3 buildings had been renovated;
b) in the 2007-08 financial year R727 million was spent on 1 new police station and 3 were renovated; c) in the 2008-09 financial year R939 million was spent on 1 new police station and 5 were renovated; and
d) in the 2009-10 financial year R1,1 million was spent on 2 new police stations and 1 was renovated;
2) further notes that a total amount of R3,2 billion has been spent in 4 financial years and only 23 police stations have been built and/or renovated; and
(3) calls for an immediate investigation into this matter.
Hon member, order! Order! Hon member, I am not sure that is a notice of a motion. I mean it is a notice of a motion. We are going to discuss the Budget Vote. You can participate in the Budget Vote in that regard. I am not too sure that is a notice of a motion.
Chair, I give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that a faction of the flagging Congress of the People led by one of its, leaders Mosiuoa Lekota, released a statement yesterday alleging that the party's parliamentary Chief Whip Mbhazima Shilowa not only misused the allocated portions of the R20 million parliamentary grant allocated to support the party's parliamentary work, but has also solicited and abused some of the funds for personal battles within Cope; and
(2) takes this opportunity to reiterate its call to Parliament and the Secretary to Parliament to institute a formal inquiry into these allegations.
Chairperson, I give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council, I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes, with astonishment, that the ANC Youth League is unable to hold democratic elections, as was made manifest in Limpopo and over the weekend in the Eastern Cape;
2) notes further that in Limpopo things became so chaotic that police had to be called to the meeting to restore order and that some senior ANC Youth League officials were criminally charged for allegedly stealing conference documents;
3) believes that this bad example is negatively influencing politics in our country; and 4) calls on government to take measures to introduce electoral reform to safeguard government from political micromanagement and to instil democratic values in the youth of this country.
Chairperson, I give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council, I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the department of health in the Eastern Cape has fallen behind in previous financial years with occupation-specific dispensation, OSD, and human resource translation of posts, HRTOP, payments to medical professionals;
2) notes that the image of the Eastern Cape department of health is almost synonymous with poor management, poor payment to staff and poor financial management;
3) further notes that a turnaround is needed in this department with adequate financial support and calls on the Minister of Health to intervene;
4) realises that a number of these professionals have taken this department to court and it was ruled that these payments be made within a certain period, but the department has fallen so far behind with these payments that the Minister of Health was approached in this regard;
5) recognises that the Eastern Cape department of health cannot operate without additional funding, based on the small operational budget allocations of only 25% of the budget for goods and services and only 70% allocated to staff and the lack of drugs; and
(6) calls on the Minister of Health to investigate whether the transfer of funds from the national department to the provincial department has occurred.
Hon member, your time has expired. Your motion will be printed in full on the next Order Paper.
Chairperson, I give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council, I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the national leadership of the ANC Youth League took over the running of the Western Cape Youth League branch due to bad administration and other misconduct by the said branch;
2) notes further that this culminates from the bad situation and character in the failure of the ANC structures in the Western Cape due to factionalism within the ANC and the fight between the Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma groups in the province and nationally in the