Mr Speaker, I hereby move without notice: That the House -
1) notes with sadness the deaths of 24 Khayelitsha churchgoers in a bus accident on the Hex River Pass near De Doorns, Western Cape, on Friday, 15 March 2013;
2) further notes that the driver lost control of the double-decker bus and it crashed up against the side of the mountain along the pass;
3) recalls that among the victims were 19 mothers, 2 children, 1 priest and 1 bus driver;
4) further recalls that 40 injured passengers were transported to hospitals in Worcester and Cape Town, 8 of whom were in a critical state;
5) acknowledges that the passengers were all women from Twelve Apostles Church who attended a women's conference in Mpumalanga; and
6) extends its condolences to the families of the deceased and the Twelve Apostles Church.
Agreed to.