Hon Deputy Speaker, I move the draft resolution printed in my name on the Order Paper, as follows:
That the House -
1) notes with great sadness the death of Mr Nelson Noko Ramodike, on Thursday, 3 May 2012, at Tzaneen Mediclinic in Limpopo;
2) further notes that Mr Ramodike began his political activism in the 1980s and was a member of the Lebowa People's Party before joining the African National Congress (ANC) after 1994; 3) remembers that he played an important role during the pre-democracy negotiations as part of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa) multi-party negotiations which brought about the new democratic dispensation in the country;
4) further remembers that he served as an ANC Member of Parliament before joining the United Democratic Movement, Pan Africanist Congress and the Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity;
5) recalls that Mr Ramodike was forced to leave active politics in 2007 due to ill health and later rejoined the ANC in 2010;
6) acknowledges his important contribution during the struggle for democracy; and
7) conveys its deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.