Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that two weeks ago the Moqhaka municipality reported 1 000 cases of diarrhoea and at least 350 people were treated in hospital because they drank either untreatable or untreated water;
2) also notes that it was also reported that 500 children were sent home after 100 pupils who allegedly drank contaminated water became sick, and the town is now relying on local farmers in Kroonstad for its water supply;
3) further notes that Kroonstad will also be without electricity because it has an unsettled Eskom bill running into millions;
4) acknowledges that a clear trend is emerging because what is happening in the Free State is happening in other parts of the country as well; and
5) recognises that the system of municipal services is breaking down and that the situation in Gauteng, the Free State, Mpumalanga and elsewhere is dire.
I so move. [Interjections.]