Hon Speaker, I move the draft resolution printed in my name on the Order Paper, as follows:
That the House-
1) notes with deep sadness that on 5 April 2010, the hon Dr Molefi Sefularo passed away, and that his untimely death was caused by a car accident;
2) recognises that Comrade Sefularo distinguished himself as a disciplined cadre of the African National Congress (ANC), served the ruling party with distinction in his various deployments and, without fail, always put the interests of the ANC and the people of South Africa first;
3) further recognises that Comrade Sefularo's contribution to the struggle dates back to the 1970s, where he was one of the founder members of the Azanian Students' Organisation in Potchefstroom, a forerunner of the South African Students' Congress;
4) remembers that Comrade Sefularo served as a Member of the North West Provincial Legislature from 1994-2004 and also as Deputy Chairperson of the ANC in North West, and that, as a former member of the executive council, he was responsible for the Reconstruction and Development Programme, Transformation, Governance and Administration, Health, Social Development, Broadcasting and Communications;
5) further remembers that he served as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly from 2004, was deployed to serve on various parliamentary committees, including Trade and Industry, Transport, Foreign Affairs and Health, and, as part of the ANC caucus, served as Whip for the Caucus Strategy Committee and as Whip in the Economics cluster;
6) recalls that the Deputy Minister of Health -
a) was a distinguished leader in his community, academia and politics;
b) obtained an MB ChB degree at Medunsa and a Masters of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business at UCT;
c) received various postgraduate diplomas in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Public Health and Health Service Management from Wits, and completed a Health Sector Transformation Primary Health Care Programme from the Institute for Development Studies at the Sussex University in England; and
d) also completed resident courses in health care management, executive leadership and international trade at Harvard University in the United States;
7) acknowledges that through his capable leadership, a National Health Operations Centre is being established to coordinate all health care activities in the nine provinces for the duration of the 2010 World Cup and beyond, which will ensure a lasting legacy that will enable the Department of Health to better coordinate and command future events and incidents;
8) further acknowledges the contribution that he made to policy formulation on HIV/Aids, the H1N1 flu virus, tuberculosis and many other areas; and
9) conveys its heartfelt condolences to his wife Kgomotso, their four children, grandchild, family, friends and comrades in the African National Congress, the Alliance and the communities he served.