Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that Eric Ndlovu, a 20-year-old matriculant from Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg, drowned in a swimming pool at Fun Valley, outside Eldorado Park, after a matric farewell party only two days before the start of the national senior certificate examinations;
2) further notes that Ndlovu was declared dead on the scene after he was found on the bottom of the swimming pool;
3) acknowledges that this event has shattered the Ndlovu family, his fellow learners, friends and the school; and
4) takes this opportunity to convey its profound condolences to the Ndlovu family and calls on all matriculants, parents and schools to exercise more caution when planning any matric farewell function and to prearrange emergency personnel or police to ensure that tragic incidents such as this one are prevented.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution .