I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the ANC:
That the Council -
(1) notes the results of research by the SA Institute of Race Relations released recently that have revealed that the living standard of South Africans has been steadily improving since 2001;
(2) further notes that despite criticism and media reports that government has failed, this research in fact revealed the remarkable performance of the ANC government and its achievements over the past 10 years, among others in that:
a) the number of households living in a formal house has during the past five years alone increased by 92%, from 5,7 million to 11 million;
b) increases of similar magnitude also apply to every other area of service delivery, such as access to piped water, electricity, toilets, refuse removal and the like; and that;
c) government has increased its social security net to allow orphans, poor families and fatherless children also to benefit; and
(3) takes this opportunity to commend the ANC and government on its vision, policies and dedication despite many challenges and mindful that a lot still needs to be done, and also commends it on its achievements to improve the living conditions of South Africans in order to ensure a better life for all.
I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the ANC:
That the Council -
1) notes that more than 21 000 legal abortions were performed in the Free State in 2011 alone, a shocking increase from the 16 400 recorded in the previous year;
2) further notes that the Free State figure of 21 994 makes up more than 28% of the 77 771 abortions performed in the entire South Africa in 2011 despite the Free State having only 5,7% of the population;
3) notes that the figures, according to the Minister of Health, does not include terminations made at back-yard and private clinics;
4) notes that something is very wrong in the Free State and the situation of rape and abuse could contribute to the increase in abortions; and
(5) notes that the Free State, with an HIV prevalence rate of 21,6%, is among South Africa's worst affected provinces and it seems that the frightening HIV figures have done little to persuade people to become sexually responsible.
I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of Cope: That the Council -
1) notes the ongoing political killings of ruling party members in KwaZulu-Natal and the psychological impact this could have on voters;
2) further notes that if these murders are not properly investigated, then South Africa could be destabilised by either a third force, bent on creating divisions between political factions relating to access to tenders, or by competition for political posts;
3) that this current state of affairs cannot continue, otherwise South Africa risks becoming a criminal state; and
4) calls upon the Minister of Police to monitor closely and gather intelligence on these political killings.
Hon Deputy Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that in the Cacadu District Municipality there are 17 mobile clinics that cannot operate because their licences have not been renewed;
(2) further notes that the spokesperson for the Eastern Cape department of Health is not contactable and that officials refer concerned parties and politicians to the department of public transport, whom they infer to be responsible;
(3) that this current state of affairs cannot continue, or South Africa risks becoming a criminal state; and
(4) calls on the House to:
a) address the situation of the licences of mobile clinics in the Cacadu District and in the rest of the Eastern Cape;
b) demand that MECs of health and public transport in the Eastern Cape immediately resolve the licence issue, pay the fees and put the mobile clinics back on the road;
c) have the MEC for health submit a full report by the end of October 2012 on the reasons why licences were not renewed, what the ultimate costs were pertaining to this issue, who was responsible and how many patients suffered; and
d) debate the state of health in the province since the Department of Health took over the function from the district municipalities.
I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of Cope:
That the Council -
(1) notes that the education system of this country is in a state of complete collapse; and
(2) calls on the Minister of Education to establish a task team to investigate the current system of education in order to come up with a model that will be comparable with other progressive countries.
I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of ID:
That the Council -
(1) notes the Auditor-General's report concerning local government on the quality of service delivery; and
(2) further notes that municipalities that received clean financial audits had neither delivered adequate services nor created sustainable jobs and there is a lack of sustainable local economic development for upcoming entrepreneurs.
I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that the recent report of National Treasury, which stipulates that R77,6 million is owed to local government across South Africa, is shocking and a picture of the failure in municipalities;
2) further notes that the Act, which stipulates the education, skills and experience requirements for municipal managers and senior officials, was passed more than a year ago and Minister Baloyi missed a number of deadlines to finalise regulations;
(3) notes that as service delivery is failing in ANC-ruled municipalities, so is Minister Baloyi failing in his duty to come with regulations as ruled by law; (4) notes that Minister Baloyi must take the bold step either to present the regulations or to say why he is in breach of the law; and
(5) further notes that the DA requests the House to debate the ignorance by the ANC government to adhere to law.
I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the ANC:
That the Council -
1) notes with concern that the Western Cape provincial government and the DA-led City of Cape Town are not prepared to release vast areas of land owned by it for housing development for the poor while the provincial government has given clearance for the development of a 9 000? shopping mall to be built on the shores of Princess Vlei, a very sensitive wetland fynbos area owned by the City;
2) further notes that Mayor Patricia de Lille has refused to inform the people of Cape Town whether the City supports the development of the shopping mall or not.
3) notes that as she apparently acts under the instructions of the DA and its leader, Helen Zille, she instead referred enquiries from the public to the MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning while the provincial government and the city are forcing poor people to the townships; and
(4) acknowledges that this state of affairs displays the lack of transparency and openness of the DA-led provincial government and the City of Cape Town and calls on the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs; of Human Settlements and of Water and Environmental Affairs to investigate the matter as a matter of urgency and to intervene appropriately.
I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
(1) notes that City of Cape Town residents will now be able to arrest errant motorists in their own communities;
(2) further notes that the City of Cape Town is preparing to train traffic reservist wardens;
(3) notes the training programme will be reduced to a phase of three months; (4) notes that reservists will be able to issue tickets and pull over speeding motorists; and
(5) notes that this is in line with a move in traffic services towards increased visible enforcement.
Deputy Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that taxpayers paid more than R33 million to build a border post at Skilpadhek between South Africa and Botswana without laying a single brick;
2) further notes that the corrupt officials of the Department of Public Works collected R1,25 million from the contractor for the favour to them;
3) notes that taxpayers' money is also being spent on four buildings that are not being utilised by the state and have been empty for more than three years;
4) notes that the Minister of Public Works said that all the financial losses and corruption can amount to billions of rands in his department; and
(5) notes that the DA is asking for the special intervention unit to support the Minister in fighting the corruption in his department.
Madam, I apologise profusely. My motion was moved by me previously. [Laughter.]