Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that Mr Mohamed Kamal Mansura, the Secretary to the National Assembly, will retire from the parliamentary service with effect from 1 March 2013;
2) appoints, on the recommendation of the Speaker, Mr Masibulele Xaso as Secretary to the National Assembly with effect from 1 March 2013;
3) recognises that Mr Xaso, who holds a degree in law and a postgraduate degree in Public Administration, joined Parliament in 1994 as a committee clerk and later became a senior committee clerk;
4) further recognises that Mr Xaso joined the National Assembly Table as a procedural officer in 2000 and after four years, he was promoted to the position of Undersecretary: House Proceedings, and has been Acting Secretary to the National Assembly since May 2012; and
5) further notes that Mr Xaso has received training on parliamentary administration and procedures at the following parliaments: House of Commons in the United Kingdom; Lok Sabha in Indian parliament; Australian parliament and House of Representatives in Canada, and has also received training in legal drafting offered by the Justice College (South Africa) and by the British Council. Agreed to.