Deputy Chair, I wish to give notice that, at the next sitting day of the Council, I shall move:
That the Council -
1) offers its condolences on the death of Dr Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert, aged 70, to his wife and family after a long illness;
2) notes that the late Dr Van Zyl Slabbert was elected to Parliament in 1974 and was Leader of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) from 1979 to 1986; 3) also notes that Dr Van Zyl Slabbert then played an influential role as analyst, and in the setting up of the Institute for a Democratic South African (IDASA) and in 2008was appointed Chancellor of Stellenbosch University; and
4) further notes that the late Dr Van Zyl Slabbert made a huge contribution to the transition of South Africa on the road to democracy and has left deep and lasting footsteps on the political landscape.
I so move.