Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that 17 June 2011 marked the 19th anniversary of the Boipatong massacre that took place in 1992; 2) further notes that on the night of 17 June 1992 heavily armed Inkatha Freedom Party members secretly raided the Vaal township of Boipatong and brutally killed 46 people in a well-orchestrated operation called Operation Marion;
3) further notes that the Boipatong massacre caused the ANC to walk out of Codesa, and almost derailed the negotiations to end apartheid and freedom for our people and that the massacre drew the attention of the United Nations Security Council, which passed Resolution 765 on July 16 1992, urging a full investigation into the incident; and
4) takes this opportunity to salute all those who have lost their lives in this massacre and commits ourselves to ensuring that their lives were not lost in vain by working towards a just and better life for all.