Hon Chairperson, I move the draft resolution printed in my name on the Order Paper, as follows:
That the Council -
1) notes that the 2010 Fifa World Cup tournament is set to commence on 11 June 2010 and that, since 5 April 2010, a group of members of the two Houses has been conducting oversight activities to assess the country's overall readiness to host the World Cup tournament;
2) further notes that the group of members consists of 11 members from the Portfolio Committee on Transport, 5 members from each of the Portfolio Committees on Energy, Tourism, Police, Sport and Recreation, Public Enterprises, Home Affairs and on Health, and 5 members from committees of the National Council of Provinces;
3) establishes, subject to the concurrence of the National Assembly, an Ad Hoc Joint Committee on South Africa's Readiness for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, the committee to -
a) consist of those members that are mentioned in paragraph (2) above;
b) conduct co-ordinated oversight activities to assess the country's overall readiness to host the World Cup tournament and identify any outstanding challenges;
c) exercise those powers in Joint Rule 138 that may assist it in carrying out its task; and
(d) reports by no later than 1 June 2010; and
4) ratifies the work done by this group of members since 5 April 2010.
Question put: That the motion be agreed to.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Motion accordingly agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.