Hon Chairperson, I move without notice:
That Council -
1) notes with sadness that Owen Charles was shot dead last weekend on his farm in the Jansenville District in the Eastern Cape;
2) further notes that Owen Charles served his Jansenville community in a myriad of ways as a liberal activist;
3) acknowledges that his wife, Jenny, is still in hospital in a critical condition with multiple stab wounds;
4) conveys its deepest empathy and condolences to the Charles family;
5) realises that this is not a once-off murder, but the latest in a persistently escalating string of farm attacks that cannot be condoned.
6) May his soul rest in peace and may his wife, Jenny, recover from her injuries of this horrific attack.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.