Mr Speaker, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move on behalf of the IFP:
That the House-
1) notes and debates that 16 November 2010 marks a momentous milestone for the Indian people of this country as it would be the 150th commemoration of the first arrival of Indians to South African shores in 1860; 2) expresses gratitude to the community for their enormous contribution to the social and economic development of South Africa;
3) further notes that South Africa has 11 official languages, but that Eastern languages are also widely spoken by communities which consist of approximately 1,5 million South Africans, and recognises that the Tamil community is the biggest linguistic group numbering over 780 000 of the present total of the South African Indian population;
4) urges the Department of Arts and Culture to take note of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Unesco's, report that 6 000 languages around the world face extinction;
5) implores the South African government to recognise Tamil and other Eastern languages as official languages in South Africa; and
6) exalts the Department of Arts and Culture to encourage support and celebrate South Africa's rich Indian culture and heritage during 2010.
I thank you.