Agb Voorsitter, ek stel sonder kennisgewing voor:
Dat die Raad -
(1) kennis neem dat die jag en doodmaak van renosters in ons wildkampe en nasionale reservate deur onwettige smokkelhandel kommerwekkend toegeneem het;
(2) verder kennis neem dat die flink optrede van polisiebeamptes op Beaufort-Wes twee mans in besit van 15 renosterhorings betrap en in hegtenis geneem het;
(3) ook kennis neem dat hulle tans in die polisieselle is en in die Landdroshof te Beaufort-Wes op aanklagte van die onwettige besit van renosterhorings sal verskyn;
(4) vertrou dat die polisie se provinsiale georganiseerde misdaadeenheid tot meer inligting sal kom deur middel van hierdie optrede; en (5) sy gelukwense aan hierdie polisie en die volle span in beheer te Beaufort-Wes sal oordra. (Translation of Afrikaans draft resolution follows.)
[Mr M J R DE VILLIERS: Hon Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that the hunting and killing of rhinoceros in our game sanctuaries and national parks by the illegal poaching trade has increased alarmingly;
2) further notes the swift action by police officers in Beaufort West, who caught and arrested two men in possession of 15 rhinoceros horns;
3) acknowledges that they are currently in the police cells at Beaufort West and will be appearing in the Beaufort West Magistrate's Court on charges of illegal possession of rhinoceros horns;
4) trusts that through this action the provincial organised crime unit of the police will gather more information; and
5) conveys its congratulations to the police and the whole team in charge in Beaufort West.]
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.