Chairperson, I give notice that I shall move at the next sitting of the Council: That the Council notes that -
1) the success and wisdom of the agreement between the DA and the ID has been proven beyond any doubt by the results of the by-election in Botrivier on Wednesday last week;
2) this by-election in ward 7 of the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality was brought about by the resignation of the sitting ID councillor, James Pheiffer, in protest against the joining of his former party with the DA;
3) the so-called protester, having being lured by the ANC to stand in his own ward as an ANC candidate, failed miserably by attracting only 677 votes against the 1 015 votes of the DA candidate, Pearl Stanfliet; and
4) the victory does not only prove the growing force of the DA-ID alliance, but highlights the ANC's unfaltering obsession with race through the importation of Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson and the Northern Cape Premier, Hazel Jenkins, to promote the ANC in the community.