Chair, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that in a show of confidence for the role played by the ANC in mobilising communities to vote for the African National Congress for development and advancement in their communities, the President of the African National Congress, Comrade Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, indicated that the ANC stands a better chance to win the City of Cape Town now than before;
2) further notes that the President acknowledged that the Western Cape has initiated a new form of discriminatory service delivery system that has resulted in the neglect of townships where the majority of poor communities live; and
3) takes this opportunity to welcome the political remarks of the President and calls on the people of the Western Cape to rally behind the ANC and its deployed candidates to take back the City of Cape Town.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that strike action by Pikitup workers entered day 13 today, resulting in piles of uncollected rubbish littering the streets of Johannesburg central business district, CBD, and triggering a rat infestation that poses health risks;
2) further notes that the strike has resulted in growing anger among residents about the continuing nondelivery of refuse removal services and the health risks created by the piles of uncollected refuse in their streets and that it has adversely affected hawkers and small business traders around the City of Johannesburg as communities; and
3) takes this opportunity to call on leaders and representatives of the City of Johannesburg and the SA Municipal Workers Union, Samwu, to ensure that this strike action is resolved.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the peaceful delivery protestor Andries Tatane was shot with a rubber bullet and beaten by six police officers to a bloody pulp, which ended in his tragic death;
2) further notes the fact that the "shoot to kill" policy from Commissioner Bheki Cele has now manifested itself as "beat to kill"; and
(3) finally notes that Mr Cele now has the blood of yet another citizen on his hands as a result of his proactive encouragement of police brutality.
Hon members, we must be very careful on the motions we move. Order! We must be very careful because that matter is before the court now. That is actually a sub judice issue. I plead with members to be very careful. I think I will have to withdraw that motion. I will consult carefully with the staff on that. In anticipation, there are two matters which are sub judice currently. You are aware of them; you know what they are. Let's not get carried away and go that route. You know the Rules of this House.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes with utter dismay the brutal and heartless killing of Andries Tatane during a protest in Ficksburg in the Free State;
2) further notes that the six police officers identified as involved in the torture and subsequent killing of Tatane have been arrested by the Independent Complaints Directorate, ICD, and appeared before the Ficksburg Magistrate's Court for their involvement in the heartless and brutal slaying.
On a point of order: Besides being sub judice, that motion has already been raised. In terms of the Rules you can't raise the same matter twice.
That is exactly what I said. Members must be careful. I am going to withdraw all those motions anyway. If you don't listen and you continue, I am going to withdraw them all. I have the power in terms of the Rules.
Hon Chairperson, in light of what you have said, I withdraw my motion.
Hon Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of the DA that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that while according to the national Minister all is well in the Department of Basic Education, in the Eastern Cape there are 2 367 or 42% of the section 20 schools in the province without stationery and handbooks, and the Department of Basic Education lost its court battle for awarding the tender to the wrong company;
2) further notes that superintendent-general Adv Modidima Mannya admitted in the press that he has not even placed the order and if placed immediately, delivery would take six weeks, which would mean two terms without learning aids for thousands of scholars;
3) finally notes that since the national Department of Basic Education's intervention in the Eastern Cape department of education administration in early March 2011, very little has happened; and
4) therefore requests that the national Minister immediately makes a personal exigency intervention for immediate delivery as we were told at an exhibition of the Department of Basic Education last week, prior to the department's Budget Vote, that books were available and that we must just provide the names of the schools.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of the DA that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that hospital statistics reflect the increasing problem of teen pregnancies between April 2010 and March 2011, namely -
a) 110 477 teenage girls in South Africa under the age of 19 were pregnant;
b) 8 451 of those were aged between 10 and 14 years of age;
c) 102 025 were between 15 and 18 years of age; and
2) further notes that more and more children younger than 10 years old are becoming sexually active and that when the teens mentioned were impregnated, there was no support from most of the parents and they had to depend on the R250 grant per month; and
3) requests more intensive sex education programmes in schools to alleviate this growing time bomb of teen pregnancies.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that 12 April 2011 "marked the 50th anniversary of the first time a man left planet earth and entered space, thereby inaugurating a completely new era of human exploration and potential future development", according to the Engineering News of April 8-14 2011; 2) further notes that Russian air force fighter pilot, Yuri Gagarin, pioneered this mission and was the first human in space and that this launch had an incredible impact on the way that human beings would conduct themselves in every sphere of their survival in the future; and
3) takes this opportunity to use this memorable mission to further motivate mankind and the nations of the world to explore opportunities to establish colonies on other life-bearing planets.
Chairperson, I want to welcome Sinclair and his group, the Shilowa group, and hon Bloem and his group ...
Hon member, what is your motion?
The motion is about welcoming them back to the ANC, because they were confused.