Hon Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) has honoured brave and hardworking seafarers who rode the high seas to keep global trade going, at a colourful event on Saturday night, 22 October 2011 in Cape Town;
2) further notes that amongst the men and women who were recognised for their work were Precious Dube, Bongiwe Mbambo and Pinky Zungu, who made history by becoming the first female pilots to obtain open licences that enable them to navigate ships of any size and type into South African waters, Jackson Piyose, who won the Samsa fishing award and Captain Dawie Erasmus, who scooped Samsa's commercial award;
3) acknowledges that about 98% of South Africa's trade is seaborne and such trade contributes to over 50% of the country's gross domestic product; and 4) believes that their outstanding achievements will be an inspiration and will hopefully attract the younger generation, particularly young women, to be trained and skilled to take up the occupation addressing the shortage of seafarers in South Africa.
Agreed to.