1) notes that on 15 November 2012, the KwaZulu-Natal legislature's longest serving member, Samuel Mtetwa, died of natural causes in a Durban hospital in the early hours of the morning;
2) further notes that Comrade Mtetwa was a committed member of the African National Congress (ANC), whose life was defined by his continued activism and dedication in changing many lives in the KwaZulu-Natal province;
3) recalls that he had served in the provincial legislature since 1994 and became deputy chief whip in 2004; 4) further recalls that when he was appointed the chairperson of committees in 2007, he used his personal touch in the management of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature's portfolio committees to make the legislature a better place;