Deputy Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
(1) notes that the Academy of Science for South Africa (ASSAf) annually awards up to two ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medals for outstanding achievement in science that benefits society and that ASSAf is the official national Academy of Science which represents the country in the international community of science academies;
(2) further notes that Professor Hildebrandt from Wits University received the Science-for-Society Gold Medal, was the recipient of the 2009 African Union Scientific Award, winner of the 2009 Woman Scientist of the Year Award and the co-recipient of the ASSAf award along with Professor Eugene Cloete; and
(3) congratulates Professor Diane Hildebrandt on receiving the highest honour awarded by ASSAf for her exceptional contribution to the field of science.
Agreed to.