Speaker, I move the draft resolution printed in my name on the Order Paper, as follows:
That the House -
1) notes -
a. with great sadness the passing of Mrs Mavis Ntebaleng Matladi, a member of the National Assembly, the Chief Whip of the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) and the UCDP president and leader in Parliament;
b. that Mrs Matladi died in hospital in Johannesburg on 2 December 2011 and her funeral was held in Zeerust, North West, on 9 December 2011;
c. that Mrs Matladi had the following qualifications from the University of Bophuthatswana: a University Diploma in Education, a Bachelor of Arts in Education, a Bachelor in Education and a Masters in Education; and
d. that Mrs Matladi served as a teacher at Seabe High School from 1984 to 1986, was promoted to head of department in 1987 at Motswedi High School where she served until 1989, was appointed as a lecturer at Lehuruthe College of Education in 1990 until 1994, was appointed as an English specialist at the National In-service Training Centre in Mmabatho between 1994 and 1996, was appointed as a curriculum developer from 1996 until 1999 and served as a matric examiner from 1997 until 1999;
2) recalls that she joined the UCDP in 1991 and immediately became a staunch member of the UCDP Women's League;
(3) further recalls that Mrs Matladi was elected deputy secretary general in 1995 and in 1997 she became the first woman to hold the position of secretary general in the party;
4) remembers that Mrs Matladi was elected president of the UCDP in January 2011, a position she held until her passing, and she also served as national deputy president for the Women's League;
5) further remembers that she was a member of various committees and was passionate about her work in the Standing Committee on Public Accounts;
6) recognises that Mrs Matladi was elected one of the five members to represent Parliament at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), where she was further elected president of the PAP Women's Caucus in 2010, a position she held until her passing;
7) further recognises that she also sat on the National Assembly Programme Committee and Chief Whips' Forum and was an alternate member of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities;
8) acknowledges that Mrs Matladi married Jacob Mothibi Matladi in 1984 and that they were blessed with three children, two daughters and a son;
9) further acknowledges that Mrs Matladi is survived by her husband, three children, two grandchildren, both her parents and three siblings; and
10) conveys its heartfelt condolences to the Matladi family and the UCDP and assures them that its thoughts and prayers are with them.
Motion agreed to, all members standing.