Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House-
1) notes that one of the founders member of the Mozambique Liberation Front, Frelimo, Marcelino dos Santos, died in Maputo on 11 February 2020, at the age of 90;
2) recalls that Marcelino's activism began when he was elected Secretary-General of the Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies at Casablanca;
3) further recalls that under surveillance from Portuguese police, he escaped to France where he worked with many other exiled African nationalists such as Guinea-Bissau's Amilcar Cabral;
4) remembers that in 1962, dos Santos with other leaders from other formations merged and formed Frelimo, under the leadership of Eduardo Mondlane;
5) further remembers that after the assassination of Mondlane in 1969, Samora Machel was elected President of Frelimo with dos Santos as the Deputy President;
6) understands that after independence in 1975, dos Santos became Minister of Planning and Development in Machel's first government and later held several other senior positions including Speaker of Parliament; and
7) conveys its condolences to the government of the People's Republic of Mozambique and the family of Marcelino dos Santos.
Thank you.
Thank you. Again, let me remind you about this that we also do the motions in 90 seconds, neh? And please move as we continue.
Agreed to.
Ms S J GRAHAM Mr D M NKOSI