Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that two senior officials at the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office, Cipro, have been formally suspended over their involvement in granting a suspect R153 million tender last year and that the department is in a process of cancelling the fraudulent and sinister contract; 2) takes this opportunity to congratulate the Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies for his stern action against corruption and fraud in his department; and
(3) urges the Minister to heed President Jacob Zuma's call to ensure that cases of corruption receive utmost priority in order to send a clear message to those who continue to dig their hands in the public purse and manipulate government processes to enrich themselves and their cronies that their selfish deeds will not be tolerated and they have no place in this government.