Madam Deputy Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that 9 August is National Women's Day;
2) recognises that this day commemorates the courage of the group of 20 000 women, composed of all the racial groups in South Africa, who on 9 August 1956 marched to the Union Buildings in protest against the iniquitous "pass laws" imposed upon persons deemed to be "nonwhites" by the apartheid government;
3) further recognises that racial and gender inequality constituted the cornerstones of apartheid and the struggle against apartheid;
4) acknowledges that today in a democratic South Africa equality is enshrined within our Constitution and that many positive steps have been taken in the past 16 years to redress the injustices of the past in order to realise the principle of equality within our society, but that even more still needs to be done to fully realise this constitutional right; and
5) calls upon the leaders of the country, including the Government, civil society, labour and business, to redouble their efforts to address issues that further enhance gender equality and the creation of opportunities for women.
Agreed to.