Mr Speaker, I hereby move without notice:
That the House -
(1) notes with deep sadness the death of former politician, academic and businessman Dr Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert on Friday, 14 May 2010, at the age of 70;
(2) further notes that Dr Slabbert was born on 2 March 1940, spent his formative years in Polokwane (then known as Pietersburg), completed a BA Honours at the University of Stellenbosch in 1962 and was awarded a doctorate in 1967, that he also studied for 18 months at the Dutch Reformed Church's Theological Seminary at Stellenbosch before deciding on sociology as his proper calling;
(3) recalls that Dr Slabbert traveled to Lusaka in 1985 for talks with the external wing of the African National Congress and with the Inkatha Freedom Party's (then known as Inkatha ye Nkululeko ye Sizwe) Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, launched the National Convention Movement in an unsuccessful attempt to put pressure on the South African government to negotiate with all political groups;
(4) recognises Dr Slabbert's contribution towards shaping the South African political landscape; and
(5) conveys its heartfelt condolences to the Slabbert family, his relatives and friends.