Hon Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes the signal contribution made by former President Thabo Mbeki in helping to resolve the long-standing, bloody and complicated conflict between north and south Sudan;
2) further notes that the referendum to determine the will of the south Sudanese people had run its peaceful course;
3) remembers the mutual agreement with the north for south Sudan to secede peacefully to become Africa's newest state;
4) acknowledges the unique role of former President Thabo Mbeki in pursuit of peaceful resolutions to conflict on the continent; and
5) congratulates him on a task well done.
Agreed to.
I made a small mistake - I was referring to hon Smuts Ngonyama and not hon Smuts. You are cousins; I realise that! [Laughter.]