Deputy Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that taxpayers paid more than R33 million to build a border post at Skilpadhek between South Africa and Botswana without laying a single brick;
2) further notes that the corrupt officials of the Department of Public Works collected R1,25 million from the contractor for the favour to them;
3) notes that taxpayers' money is also being spent on four buildings that are not being utilised by the state and have been empty for more than three years;
4) notes that the Minister of Public Works said that all the financial losses and corruption can amount to billions of rands in his department; and
(5) notes that the DA is asking for the special intervention unit to support the Minister in fighting the corruption in his department.