Deputy Chair, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with a great sense of appreciation and with the utmost pride and relief the handing over of the remains of one of our gallant fighters for liberation and former MK commander, Comrade Xolile Sam, by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, hon Minister J Radebe, in Port Elizabeth tomorrow, Friday, 4 May 2012;
2) further notes that Comrade Xolile Sam, whose MK name was Valdez Mbatha, re-entered the country in 1988 as commander of a special operations unit in the East Rand area after he had joined the ANC's uMkhonto weSizwe and underwent military training in Angola and after discovering his activities, former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock and his Security Branch colleagues surrounded his house and arrested him;
3) further notes that Comrade Xolile Sam was tortured, suffocated and shot in order to extract information from him, whereafter he died in the police truck and was buried as an unidentified pauper in a separate pauper section of the Vosloorus cemetery; and
4) takes this opportunity to pay homage and tribute to this great fallen hero and servant of our people who joins the illustrious list of the sons and daughters of our movement who lost their lives fighting for the liberation of our people.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.