Hon Chairperson, I give notice on behalf of the DA that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council - 1) notes the intention of global mining giant Xstrata to build its own power station in Limpopo, which is a clear indication of Xstrata's commitment to doing business in South Africa; and
2) therefore congratulates Xstrata for this bold move, a move that has been forced upon it by the threat of Eskom power shortages, a power crisis which has resulted from Eskom's poor planning together with short-sightedness on the part of the ANC government when it was warned of power shortages by the DA as long ago as the early 2000s.