Madam Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that on Sunday, 15 August 2010 there was a historic step in the realignment of South African politics, when a political memorandum of understanding was signed between the Independent Democrats and the DA to come together and fight elections under the DA's banner;
2) further notes that this memorandum of the DA and the ID heralds the beginning of a new phase in South Africa's journey away from the politics of racial identity, towards the politics of shared values, which will form the bedrock of the new majority we are building in South Africa;
3) recognises that the political contest in South Africa is now between the values of openness and opportunities for all, envisaged in the Constitution, versus the ANC's drive to close down the democratic space and limit opportunities to the politically connected few;
4) acknowledges that more and more South Africans are discovering this every day and in 2011 they will express this at the ballot box, which will result in a greater number of municipalities falling under the control of the DA; and
5) looks forward to making the South African dream, of one nation united under the Constitution, a reality for all who live in it.