Hon Deputy Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that next Tuesday, 9 August, is National Women's Day in South Africa;
2) also notes that the Deputy President, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, has stated that changing patriarchal attitudes constituted one of the main gender-related problems in South Africa;
3) further notes that the Deputy President also stated that in trying to change these attitudes and practices, women and men need to work in partnership at all times. These partnerships should be based on support, respect, principles and theories that support gender equality; and
4) supports these statements which are at the centre of democracy and the South African Constitution.