Hon House Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes and welcomes with appreciation the ruling by Judge Mojapelo in the equity court that gratuitous display of the apartheid flag demonstrates a clear intention to be harmful and incites harm, promotes and incites hatred against black people in terms of the Equality Act;
2) also notes that the ruling came as a result of the Nelson Mandela Foundation disputing the display of the apartheid flag during the Black Monday protests with the equity court and supported by the SA Human Science Research Council, SAHRC, and other groups;
3) further notes that the display of an old apartheid flag is an indication of total rejection of hard-earned reconciliation, embrace hatred and undermining our constitutional democracy that espouses human rights and nation-building;
4) be aware that the old flag is a representative of apartheid which was declared a crime against humanity and therefore call on all South Africans to respect the law and exercise the optimum level of tolerance to one another.
I so move.