Thank you, hon Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council - 1) notes the City of Johannesburg's positive response to President Zuma's call that job creation must top the national agenda by creating 153 835 jobs through the government's Expanded Public Works Programme;
(2) takes this opportunity to commend the City of Johannesburg for heeding the President's call to dedicate our resources to ensuring that our people have decent work; and
(3) calls on all municipalities to follow suit and to make use of all the opportunities created by the programme to grow employment via labour-intensive projects.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.