Deputy Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
(1) notes and applauds the launch of and talks to create the African continent's biggest free-trade bloc, a R5,9 trillion market that is set to boost the region's economic profile;
(2) further notes that it will have a grand free-trade area that would cross 26 countries, stretching from the Cape to Cairo;
(3) acknowledges that working towards the objective of a continent free from poverty, disease, deprivation and conflict is a major step towards achieving economic freedom on the continent; and
(4) further acknowledges that the establishment of a grand free- trade area is expected to unleash the enormous economic growth and development potential of Africa as it works towards combining small domestic markets into a larger, more effective force.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.