Good afternoon, hon Chairperson and hon members, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting of the Council I shall move on behalf of the ANC:
That the Council -
1) notes with great concern and profound sadness that 11 fatal shootings occurred in Philippi East in the Western Cape, last weekend, prompting local police to initiate a 72-hour occasion plan;
2) also notes that these cold-blooded killings took place on different occasions over a period of 48 hours in the same area;
3) further notes that the incidents include the murder of six young women aged 18 to 26 in Marcus Garvey, on Friday night and five men between the ages of 17 and 39-year-old, on two separate shooting incidents on Saturday evening and these shootings took place following the shooting of police in the previous weeks in Samora Machel, a neighbouring area;
4) pleads with the law enforcement agencies to intensify their operations to combat this fatal termination of people's lives and bring the perpetrators to book; and
5) sends our deepest condolences to the bereaved families.
I so move.