Chairperson, on behalf of the DA, I hereby wish to give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
(1) notes that according to the Eastern Cape Herald, Ms Pankie Sizani was suspended from her position since October 2010 as the head of the Port Elizabeth education district office's early childhood development unit because she allegedly had 99 ghost teachers on the payroll employed at ghost schools and enriched herself with an estimated R500 000;
(2) further notes that -
(a) the leave register at the district offices says she is on ``leave'';
(b) the 99 ``ECD practitioners'' have been paid an amount of R6 500 per month and
(c) the 99 ghost teachers paid kickbacks to Ms Sizani; and
(3) requests the national Department of education to immediately investigate the ghost schools in the Eastern Cape, ensure that Ms Sizani is suspended ``without pay'' and ensure that the rule of law will prevail and all parties will be criminally charged.