Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I intend moving: That the Council -
1) notes the broken promises made by Transnet to address the problems experienced by pensioners;
2) debates the trustees of the fund, who now need to make decisions that will influence the livelihood of many who religiously paid over contributions, with little to show for it; and
3) acknowledges the need for government to heed the calls of law- abiding citizens who are struggling to make ends meet.
Hon Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of the DA that at the next sitting of the Council I intend moving:
That the Council -
1) notes with concern reports apparently confirmed by the Swaziland government, that South Africa has agreed to lend Swaziland R1,2 billion as a bailout;
2) also notes that King Mswati III of Swaziland, the last absolute monarch in the world, has consistently refused to allow a democratic dispensation, lives a lavish lifestyle and has squandered the Swazi people's money on private jets and numerous palaces and wives;
3) further notes the recent vicious crackdown on trade unionists and other protestors who were simply trying to peacefully obtain the free democracy that is their right; and
4) therefore calls on the South African government to impose strict conditions on any loan to Swaziland and that such conditions must include:
a) the scrapping of the 38-year-old state of emergency;
b) the implementation of universal human rights;
c) that none of the loan funds be spent on the monarchy;
d) the immediate implementation of a multiparty transitional government; and
e) the immediate start of multiparty negotiations towards a new democratic constitution for Swaziland.
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 Matjhabeng municipality in the Free State province has spent R2 billion on "unaccounted expenditure", according to the latest Auditor-General's report;
2) further notes that after nearly a year and many written requests to the Premier of the Free State, Mr Ace Magashule and the MEC for co- operative governance and traditional affairs, the final report from the investigating firm Ramathe Fivaz has still not publicly been made available; and
3) requests that this report now be released to enable the corrupt officials to be brought to account.
Hon Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I intend moving:
That the Council -
1) notes with utter dismay that, after several denials, the Democratic Alliance has finally confirmed and admitted that the Premier of the Western Cape, premier Helen Zille, is in fact receiving two salaries as the leader of the party and as the premier of the Western Cape province;
2) further notes that Premier Zille is being paid nearly R2 million for being the premier and that she has refused to divulge how much she receives from the Democratic Alliance;
3) takes this opportunity to acknowledge and support the sentiments and discontent expressed by the ANC, Cosatu and other opposition parties that the double dipping by Premier Zille is nothing less than an immoral act of greed; and
4) condemns in the harshest possible terms the refusal of the Democratic Alliance to disclose how much it pays Premier Helen Zille and calls on the Public Protector and the SA Human Rights Commission to investigate the conduct of Premier Zille and her party for the immoral double dipping.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I intend moving:
That the Council -
1) notes the failure of the ANC to suspend and discipline Mr Joubert Skei for having sexually harassed a fellow councillor twice his age in the period when he was mayor of the Saldanha Bay municipality;
2) further notes with shock that, notwithstanding his having lost the appeal with costs, he still continues to serve as a ward councillor; and
3) debates the failure of the ANC Women's League to strongly condemn such abuse against women by leaders within the party while condemning all others.
Hon Chairperson, I give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the unacceptable and prevalent chopping and changing of corrupt officials from one government position to the other;
2) further notes the suspension of Mr Charles Raseala after less than 10 months in his new position as the head of the department of education in the North West;
3) acknowledges the urgent need for government to act in a swift and decisive manner when investigating corruption and misconduct, regardless of the political standing of the culprit or culprits, and
4) debates the necessity to fight corruption, which is spiralling out of control and placing the country at risk of severe instability.
Chair, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that last Sunday, 26 June, marked the 56th anniversary of the adoption of one of the most formidable documents that encapsulated our national discourse for economic and political freedom in South Africa, the Freedom Charter;
2) further notes that the notion of a Freedom Charter was first mooted at the annual congress of the African National Congress in August 1953 when Prof Z K Matthews formally suggested convening a Congress of the People to draw up the Freedom Charter, which was adopted by the allies of the ANC, the South African Indian Congress, the South African Coloured People's Organisation and the South African Congress of Democrats as a framework document for the fight against apartheid and the subjugation of our people in the land of their forefathers; and
3) takes this opportunity to join the masses of our people and recognise this day and the adoption of the Freedom Charter as one of the historic moments in the fight against apartheid and a decisive indication of the unity of purpose that characterised the national democratic movement in waging a war against apartheid in our country and that the county and government should use this historic document as its guide to deliver.
Chairperson, on behalf of Cope, and for the last time this semester, I give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the frank admission by President Jacob Zuma that the ANC is becoming arrogant and that this therefore was posing a problem for that party on how to provide effective leadership for society;
2) further notes his admission that members of the ANC belong to a powerful organisation and had begun to feel that they could deal with things affecting society in the way they wanted to rather than in a way that the situation demanded; and
3) also notes the President's further frank admission that there was a crisis in the tripartite alliance and that this crisis was deepening.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the recent announcement by the Minister of Transport that rail transport for the hundreds of thousands of commuters who rely on trains to get from Khayelitsha to Cape Town will be hugely improved and that new trains will be bought for the Khayelitsha line;
2) also notes that most of the commuters of the City of Cape Town live in Khayelitsha and the Cape Flats and that the ANC government comes to the rescue of these people at a time when Metrorail, which is to take workers to and from work, is falling apart and the DA- controlled City of Cape Town has once again dismally failed these people by refusing to implement its BRT system in these areas as well or as a priority;
3) further notes that the Khayelitsha-to-Cape Town route is used by almost 140 000 commuters daily and forms part of the central line that also serves areas like Mitchells Plain, Belhar, Philippi and Langa - the situation is so critical that people are hanging out of overfull trains to get to and from work and the Minister has quite rightly remarked: "It is nothing more than luck that more people have not died";
4) notes that the DA had instead implemented the BRT service in the affluent areas and in areas where the need and priority for public transport are much lower than in Khayelitsha and the Cape Flats and despite the fact that the Khayelitsha line has been identified as the highest priority rail project nationally, and despite the Western Cape MEC for transport having admitted and agreed that public transport to and from Khayelitsha is untenable; and
5) commends the ANC government who, unlike the DA, serves the interests of all South Africans, for rectifying the unjust and apartheid-style services by the DA and for once again coming to the rescue of the masses who are in desperate need of access to appropriate and equitable public transport.
Chairperson, the content of my motion is the same as the hon Sinclair's. Thank you.
Chairperson, I give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move: That the House -
1) notes the underdevelopment of Africa's port economies;
2) also notes the need for Africa and South Africa to improve their maritime economy in order to compete on a global level;
3) further notes the massive potential trade and investment opportunities that are centred on Africa's ports; and
4) acknowledges the fundamental need for Africa to develop its ports in order to impact positively on Africa's economy to receive full value for Africa's resources.