Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that a Johannesburg-based doctor, Dr Johan van der Wat, became the first Africa-based practitioner to be appointed to the board of the American Association of Gynaecological Laparoscopists, which is divided into three areas of operation: Europe, Africa and the Middle East, North and South America, Australia and Asia; 2) further notes that Dr Van der Wat, who specialises in endoscopic surgery and reproductive medicine, flew to Las Vegas on Monday to accept the honour;
3) congratulates him on receiving this accolade in recognition for his work and for flying the South African flag high; and
4) wishes him well with his two-year term as a board member of the