Chair, I move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the Parliamentary Millennium Project, PMP was established in 2000 as an initiative, under the leadership of the Executive Authority and assisted by an advisory board, that sought to use creative and interactive means to engage South Africans on issues of nation-building and heritage;
2) further notes recent proposals to reform the PMP in order to refine its organisation and focus areas;
3) in concurrence with the National Assembly, resolves to launch the PMP as a nation-building and heritage programme of Parliament and to replace the governance structure with a multiparty Parliamentary Millennium Council, the Parliamentary Millennium Council, to -
a) engage with institutional and national efforts to develop and promote the South African and African identity and heritage;
b) report and make recommendations on its functions and activities to Parliament as required; and
c) consist of 10 members from the National Assembly as follows: ANC 5; DA 2; Cope 1; IFP 1; and smaller parties 1, and 3 members from the National Council of Provinces as follows: ANC 2; DA 1; and be co-chaired by the Speaker and Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces.
Question put: That the motion be agreed to.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Motion accordingly agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.