Thank you Chairperson. On behalf of the glorious people's movement, the ANC, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with profound sadness that South Africa grieves the loss of an aspirant astronaut, Mandla Maseko, who died in a motorbike accident last Saturday;
2) further notes that Maseko, the SA Air Force member, beat one million entrants to win one of 23 places at a space academy in the USA in 2013, with a chance to be the first black African in space;
3) also notes that Mandla, nicknamed Afronaut and Spaceboy, who was also a keen disc jockey, DJ, and a biker, was a typical
township boy hailing from the streets of Pretoria's townships;
4) believes that the youth of our nation should draw lessons from him as it was his wish to do something that would motivate and inspire young people in Africa, and prove that they could achieve anything, whatever their backgrounds; and
5) expresses its deepest condolences to his family and friends.
May his soul rest in eternal peace.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.