Deputy Speaker, I hereby move on behalf of the Chief Whip of the Majority Party:
That the House -
1) notes with great sadness the passing on of former member of Parliament, Mr Danny Olifant, in a motor vehicle accident on 31 October 2012;
2) further notes that Mr Olifant played a critical role in the fight against apartheid and in the mobilisation of the workers in Atlantis in the Western Cape against exploitation and national oppression;
3) remembers that he played an important role serving in different African National Congress (ANC) structures and was also elected a Provincial Deputy Chairperson of NUMSA;
4) further remembers that in his constituency of Atlantis, he was also involved in structures such as the Atlantis Economic Development Trust and was elected as its Chairperson;
5) recalls that Mr Olifant was amongst the first group of ANC members to be deployed to Parliament in 1994 and served diligently until 2009;
6) further recalls that over the years he served in different parliamentary committees, including Provincial and Local Government, Labour, Tourism, Environmental Affairs and Fisheries as well as Trade and Industry;
7) acknowledges that he also served as the ANC's leave and disciplinary Whip in Parliament until 2009 and in 2010, he was employed as a Parliamentary Liaison Officer in the Public Works ministry and later as the Regional Director of Prestige in the Department of Public Works until 2011;
8) further acknowledges his important contribution during the struggle for democracy; and 9) conveys its deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
Agreed to, members standing.