Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the local government elections of 2011 went well and were conducted by the IEC in a good, organised and structured manner and we congratulate them for work well done;
2) further notes that the DA in the Western Cape outran the ANC and won 55% of the votes against the 33% of the ANC - the blue wave overshadowed the ANC;
3) recognises that a very remarkable outcome was the 61% voting tally for the DA in the Metro against the 33% of the ANC, an outright majority for the DA - the toilet strategy did not work;
4) notes that the DA won 15 municipalities in the Western Cape with the possibility of governing another 11 in a coalition government;
5) acknowledges that, on a national basis, the DA performed outstandingly well with 23,9% of the votes, an increase on the 16,7% achieved in 2009;
6) realises that the message to the ANC is clear - the DA is on the move to become the next government in South Africa; and
7) thanks all the voters who voted.