Hon House Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes with sadness the passing of Mrs Adelaine Hain, the anti- apartheid and civil rights activist at the age of 92 on 8 September 2019;
2) affirms that Mrs Hain, born in Port Alfred, left South Africa in 1966, following years of being imprisoned, detained, banned and ultimately exiled first to the United Kingdom and later to Australia;
3) recognises the suffering inflicted on opponents of the apartheid state by the government of the day, including banning orders that restricted its victims physically, socially and professionally from exercising free speech, expression and association;
4) declares that Mrs Hain and her husband Walter were members of the South African Liberal Party until the banning orders officially stopped their political activism, although their activities continued underground at great personal risk to themselves;
5) acknowledges that her tireless campaigning against the apartheid regime, even while in exile, included vocal opposition in the media, where as a journalist attending Madiba's 1962 treason trial, she demonstrated her support for him with a raised fist of greeting each morning - always returned by our future President;
6) further acknowledges that her activism in promoting the sporting boycott against apartheid South Africa resulted in the cancellation of the 1970 cricket tour to the United Kingdom, and ultimately contributed to the social, economic and political pressure that led to the end of apartheid; and
7) extends its deepest condolences to Mrs Hain's family, and especially to her son, Pretoria born anti-apartheid activist Lord Peter Hain, who also followed the example of his parents in fighting for the freedoms all South Africans enjoy today.
I so move.
Agreed to.