I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that the South African government has agreed to guarantee a loan of R2,4 billion to the Swaziland Central Bank;
2) also notes that on 28 June 2011 the DA gave notice of a motion calling for conditions to be attached to any finance made available to Swaziland and that certain conditions have indeed been put on the guarantee now made;
3) further notes that whilst the conditions on the guarantee include fiscal reforms required by the IMF, World Bank and African Development Bank, they are vague and wishy washy with respect to political changes that are required in order to bring democracy to Swaziland, the last absolute monarchy in the world, which is an embarrassment to Africa and South Africa in particular;
4) therefore calls upon the South African government to include the following conditions on the loan guarantee for Swaziland -
(a) the immediate scraping of the 38-year-old state of emergency;
(b) the immediate unbanning of political parties;
(c) the immediate release of all opposition party members and civil society activists held in detention without trial;
(d) that none of the loan funds be spent on the monarchy;
(e) the implementation of a multiparty transitional government within six months; and
(f) the immediate start of multiparty negotiations towards a new democratic constitution for Swaziland.