Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with utter dismay concerns raised by the leadership of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal; 2) notes that ANC members are being victimised for campaigning for the party by traditional leaders aligned to the IFP in KwaPhindangene in northern KwaZulu-Natal;
3) further notes that the ANC members who attended a meeting called by the ANC recently in the area will be prosecuted in a traditional court for campaigning for the ANC;
4) takes this opportunity to condemn in the strongest possible terms such a blatant attack on the constitutional rights and the freedom which many of the people of South Africa fought for with their lives; and
5) calls on the House of Traditional Leaders and the Minister of Co- operative Governance and Traditional Affairs to engage the traditional leaders in KwaPhindangene about such an unfortunate practice which is an attack on the rights of our people and an attack on our hard-earned democracy. I so move.