Deputy Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with the utmost shock and dismay the double-rape horror in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, where two siblings, a seven-year- old girl and her six-year-old brother were both allegedly raped by the same man, as well as another horror rape of an eight-year-old girl in KwaZulu-Natal, whose eye was gouged out by the rapist;
2) further notes that the Eastern Cape girl, who was first raped over a period of time and threatened by her rapist, was viciously attacked and raped again and assaulted so badly that she was hospitalised for a week and then her brother was raped too;
3) recognises that while the country celebrated Freedom Day last Friday, these siblings and many other women and children who are the victims of violence and rape in our country are deprived of one of their most basic freedoms; and
4) takes this opportunity to call on all authorities and the people of South Africa to rise against those who continue to violate the rights and dignity of women and children in our communities and ensure that they are made to face the full might of the law.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.