I give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes the appeal by the Eastern Cape to the Minister of Basic Education to take charge of the intervention sanctioned on 15 March 2011 by this House;
2) notes that the Bergsig Special School in Uitenhage had five temporary teaching posts approved by the Eastern Cape Department of Education to teach technical subjects to the scholars, but because the Department did not pay the teachers from January until July, the school governing body paid the five teachers for these technical subjects;
3) further notes that the Bhisho High Court ruled last month in favour of the appointment of teachers to Bergsig Special School and two other schools; and
4) calls on the Minister to take responsibility for the intervention to ensure that the Eastern Cape Department of Education gets back on track, and appeals to the Minister to immediately assist the Bergsig Special School by paying the five temporary teachers and refunding the governing body the full amount paid to the teachers, thus enabling the governing body to fund their special technical operational budget.