Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council-
1) notes that the DA-controlled City of Cape Town recently announced with great fanfare that it will be hosting the Heineken Cup rugby game between the English club Saracens and the French club Biarritz at Cape Town Stadium on 14 January 2012, having entered into negotiations with the CEO of Saracens;
2) further notes that the City's negotiations took place behind the backs of the South African rugby authorities and in particular the Western Province Rugby Football Union without first consulting them and only at a later stage, while the negotiations were being finalised, was confirmation obtained that the SA Rugby Union, Saru, had sanctioned the match; and
(3) acknowledges that the DA-led City of Cape Town's deliberate attempt to sideline the provincial rugby authority once again reveals the dark side of the DA and the extent to which it will go in its burning desire to get publicity, and condemns this behaviour of the DA and the City of Cape Town in the harshest terms.