Hon members, earlier today hon Shivambu wrote to the Speaker to request an opportunity to give a personal explanation of an incident that occurred in the National Assembly on 17 September 2014.
National Assembly Rule 692 states that a member may, with the prior consent of the presiding officer, explain matters of a personal nature but that such matters may not be debated and that the member should confine himself or herself strictly to the vindication of his or her own conduct.
I shall now allow the member the opportunity as requested. Hon Shivambu.