Chairperson, I move without notice: That the Council -
1) notes that a 16-year-old boy was arrested yesterday afternoon for stabbing another teenager of the same age to death in a shebeen in Siluma View, Katlehong, in the Gauteng province;
2) further notes that although the boys were clearly underage and not allowed to procure liquor in any liquor outlet, they were drinking at the shebeen and then had an argument before the teenager was killed; and
3) takes this opportunity to convey its profound condolences to the family of the deceased and calls on metro police and the South African Police Service to clamp down on illegal shebeen owners and those selling liquor to children and for those found guilty to lose their licences.
I so move, Chair. Thank you.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.