Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with shock and utter dismay the extent to which racism and the teaching of hatred is still alive, especially at Wilgehof Primary School in Bloemfontein in the Free State where, among other things, a poster that portrays black people as baboons is displayed; and
2) notes that an old apartheid South African flag is hoisted in a classroom, while the teachers make racial slurs and derogatory remarks about blacks and use -skeltaal| against black people;
3) further notes with concern that these practices of racism and apartheid are no different from the view of the Western Cape deputy leader of the DA, hon Theuns Botha, who recently, during a debate, likened a black ANC member of the Western Cape legislature to a baboon;
4) condemns this despicable state of affairs in the strongest possible terms and welcomes the intervention by the provincial department of education to suspend the teacher involved and the principal of the school; and 5) takes this opportunity to call on the Minister of Basic Education and the relevant MEC for education and their respective departments to ensure that this matter is investigated comprehensively and as a matter of urgency; and
6) ensures that appropriate steps are taken against all those involved and that appropriate corrective measures are implemented soonest.
Order! In light of the objection, the motion may not be proceeded with. The motion without notice will now become a notice of motion.