Deputy Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
(1) notes that Arthur Goldreich, an anti-apartheid activist, died on Tuesday, 24 May 2011 in Tel Aviv, Israel, at the age of 82 as a result of Alzheimer's disease;
(2) remembers that Goldreich and Harold Wolpe had secretly bought Lilliesleaf Farm in Rivonia outside Johannesburg as headquarters for the underground Communist Party where he provided a secret hideout for Nelson Mandela and other ANC members at the time when Mandela was the object of a frantic nationwide search by police at the height of apartheid in 1961;
(3) further remembers that he was a member of the Congress of Democrats who became one of the first members of the ANC's armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe, and who, along with Govan Mbeki and Joe Slovo, was one of the main proponents of Operation Mayibuye, a plan to establish guerrilla fighting units throughout South Africa;
(4) recalls that he had left the country after the raid in July 1963, where he was one of 17 ANC members, including Harold Wolpe, Mosie Moola and Abdulhay Jassat who were arrested, and that one month later the four broke out of the Marshall Square Police Station after bribing officers, whereupon Goldreich managed to flee to Swaziland disguised as a priest;
(5) believes that his legacy will remain with us and will serve as a reminder of his selfless contribution and that Goldreich is the epitome of a committed servant of the people and will go down in history as one of the rare breeds of revolutionaries that changed the course of South African history, because not only did he sacrifice his privileges as a white South African, but bore the pain of fighting against apartheid, and as a member of the ANC and uMkhonto weSizwe he was prepared to pay the ultimate price he paid for his beliefs and the belief in freedom; and
6) conveys its condolences to his family, friends and comrades.
Agreed to.
Deputy Speaker, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move on behalf of the ANC:
That the House debates the strengthening of gender equality in the private and public sector.
That can be submitted to the Secretary. Can we move to the next item?