Hon Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that on 15 August 2011 Gertrude Shope celebrated her 86th birthday;
2) remembers that while in exile from 1970-1971, MaShope was secretary to the head of the ANC's Women's Section, Florence Mophosho, then became the ANC's chief representative in Lusaka and in 1981 was promoted to head of the Women's Section, and then became a member of the national executive committee, NEC, of the ANC in 1985 and, as head, she led the Women's Section to the End of the Decade Conference in Nairobi in 1985, and was secretary of the ANC mission to Nigeria, a position she held until 1991;
3) further remembers that MaShope was elected as President of the African National Congress Women's League, ANCWL, in 1991 after years of commitment to issues concerning women within the African National Congress and South African politics in general; and
4) wishes MaShope a happy birthday.
Agreed to.