Chairperson, good afternoon. I give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the high likelihood of an outbreak of violence prior to the local government elections and during the elections in provinces such as the Eastern Cape and Gauteng because of the tension between ANC members and communities;
2) further notes strategies to speed up service delivery in the worst- affected areas to avert service delivery protests that have the potential to engulf the whole country in a crisis and cripple the elections; and
3) calls on the ruling party to defuse the stand-offs with dissatisfied community members as soon as possible and to stabilise the situation in all affected areas.