Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes the deteriorating state of infrastructure, roads and new housing developments in the outlying towns and -dorpies| [small towns] of the Northern Cape;
2) further notes that outlying communities such as Griquastad, Schmidtsdrift and Douglas, for instance, have since lost hope;
3) also notes that the last time government made any inroads in developing houses, strategic assistance targeted at mining operations of small enterprises and general agricultural assistance was back in the early 2000s; and
4) finally notes that there are roads that have deteriorated since they were built during the apartheid days, and maintenance of schools, which is a distant agenda for the government, must be put on the agenda urgently.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.