Hon Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that Johannesburg City Parks, under the control of the ANC, has recently received a special award from the Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the promotion of landscape architecture through open-space development at community level in Soweto;
2) further notes that although the City of Johannesburg does not have the luxury of a coastline, a river or any other breathtaking natural features in which play and city life easily blend, Johannesburg City Parks has managed to provide public spaces which celebrate landscape architecture and provide a space for play and leisure and transform the landscape in its bleakest form into one which expresses freedom and the beauty of nature and creativity; and
3) takes this opportunity to commend and congratulate the City of Johannesburg and in particular its parks division on this outstanding and innovative initiative to roll out superb recreational spaces for its residents and calls on other municipalities to follow this remarkable example of landscaping to create a better life for all.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.