Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that in a landmark decision on Monday, 11 April 2011, the Constitutional Court ruled that only a judge - and not a High Court Registrar, as was previously the case - can decide if a bank or any credit granter can sell a person's house in execution;
2) further notes that this complaint was brought by Ms Elsie Gundwana, who lives in Thembalethu township outside George in the Western Cape and whose house was repossessed and sold by Nedcor Bank; and
3) takes this opportunity to welcome the judgment as a victory for the poor, which will put an end to the blatant flouting of the constitutional right of people to housing as an inalienable right guaranteed by our Constitution.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.