Chairperson, I hereby give notice that I shall move on the next sitting day of the Council:
That the Council -
1) notes that the DA has recorded two remarkable victories against the ANC in by-elections in the City of Cape Town (Gugulethu-Heideveld) and Theewaterskloof (Grabouw) municipalities;
2) further notes that the DA has never won these wards;
3) recognises that the result in Grabouw is particularly significant, namely
a) the DA polled 48,13%, up from 9,6% in 2006 and the ANC received 44,8% of the vote, down from 71,7% in 2006;
b) in Gugulethu-Heideveld, the DA polled 60,3%, up from 26,2% in 2006 and the ANC polled 37,7%, down from 53% in 2006;
4) realises that this victory follows a campaign marked by ANC- perpetrated political violence and intimidation and this campaign unmasked the ANC's intolerance for democratic competition;
5) notes, in contrast, that the ANC continues on its path of steady decline and the victories mean that since the 2009 national election, the DA has won eight seats previously held by the ANC; and
6) believes that today's results bode well for the next year's local government elections, where the DA aims to continue this trend.