Speaker, hon Deputy President, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that the former South African ambassador to Japan, Dr Baldwin Sipho Ngubane, was honoured with a prestigious Japanese award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, by the Emperor of Japan on Friday, 5 November 2010, at the imperial palace in Tokyo;
2) recognises that this award is conferred on him in honour and recognition of his contribution to promoting relations between South Africa and Japan during his term as South African ambassador to Japan between 2004 and 2008;
3) congratulates Dr Ngubane on receiving this prestigious Japanese award; and
4) wishes him well in his future endeavours.
Agreed to.