Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that on Wednesday, 18 May, over 14 million voters cast their votes for the 2011 local government elections where the African National Congress, ANC, won a decisive and overwhelming majority of 63% of the total votes nationally, winning a total of 198 councils, including seven metropolitan areas and 5 633 seats across the country, followed by the Democratic Alliance, DA, with just over 23% of the votes and 1 555 council seats, including the Cape Metropolitan and Midvaal, followed by the Inkatha Freedom Party, IFP, and the Congress of the People, Cope, with a very poor showing from both parties;
2) further notes that the ANC received an overwhelming majority of votes in eight of the nine provinces, which is an indication of the overwhelming trust in the ANC's agenda to transform South Africa and ensure that all our people enjoy a better quality of life, and that we break the repulsive apartheid cord and legacy of our divided past;
3) takes this opportunity to congratulate the entire team of the Independent Electoral Commission, IEC, particularly Brigalia Bam, Chairperson of the IEC, and Adv Pansy Tlakula, the Chief Executive Officer of the IEC, for their sterling work in delivering yet another free and fair election and for ensuring that the highest number of voters turned out for the election; and
4) extends its profound appreciation to the communities, party agents, candidates and volunteers across South Africa who worked tirelessly to ensure that the ANC continues to lead the agenda to change the lives of our people and bring development in their communities that have been ravaged by long years of apartheid neglect and racial segregation.
Thank you, Chairperson, also for not forgetting me after this long recess. I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that in a landmark judgment the Western Cape High Court ordered the Democratic Alliance, DA, led City of Cape Town to enclose the open-air toilets erected for residents of Makhaza in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape province;
2) further notes that when passing the judgment on the open toilets the Western Cape High Court Judge Nathan Erasmus declared the provision of open toilets in Makhaza to be a violation of the residents' constitutional right to dignity and that such toilets should be enclosed;
3) further notes that a few weeks ago a number of open toilets were uncovered in Viljoenskroon's Rammulotsi township in the Moqhaka municipality in the Free State and that the leadership of the ANC condemned the building of open toilets for people as unacceptable and ordered the municipality to enclose them instead of emulating the DA by wasting taxpayers' money to contest such an unacceptable arrangement to give our people half services;
4) takes this opportunity to welcome the Western Cape judgment as a victory for our people and congratulate the leadership of the ANC for speaking against the delivery of open toilets to our people and ordering the Moqhaka municipality to enclose them; and
5) condemns in the harshest possible terms any attempt by the DA to waste taxpayers' money to contest the delivery of open toilets to our people as a waste and a clear utter disregard and wasteful expenditure by the DA.
Hon members, can I just remind you that your motions should be one-and-a-half minutes long. Do not take so long that I have to stop you from taking time from other members who also want to move notices.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the local government elections of 2011 went well and were conducted by the IEC in a good, organised and structured manner and we congratulate them for work well done;
2) further notes that the DA in the Western Cape outran the ANC and won 55% of the votes against the 33% of the ANC - the blue wave overshadowed the ANC;
3) recognises that a very remarkable outcome was the 61% voting tally for the DA in the Metro against the 33% of the ANC, an outright majority for the DA - the toilet strategy did not work;
4) notes that the DA won 15 municipalities in the Western Cape with the possibility of governing another 11 in a coalition government;
5) acknowledges that, on a national basis, the DA performed outstandingly well with 23,9% of the votes, an increase on the 16,7% achieved in 2009;
6) realises that the message to the ANC is clear - the DA is on the move to become the next government in South Africa; and
7) thanks all the voters who voted.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the continued killing of police officers in the line of duty as happened once again with criminals gunning down Warrant Officer Gershwin Matthee and Constable Cannon Cloete in Wallacedene in Cape Town;
2) questions whether the training of police officials as well as the procedures used in sending only two police officials into dangerous areas should not be immediately reviewed and revised; and
3) further questions what role communities should play when requesting police investigation in their localities.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the need to reform the procedures for the compilation of nominations lists as the problems arising therefrom are beginning to threaten the viability of our democracy and the stability of our country;
2) further notes the failure of the ANC to rapidly resolve the unhappiness of communities, as is evident in Bizana; and
3) acknowledges the need for the ANC, especially President Zuma, to resolve this burning issue as he has promised with the urgency that it deserves.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the success of the Congress of the People in the Northern Cape, which at its first outing garnered almost 12% of the votes in the province;
2) further notes the great change in delivery that the Cope and DA administration will now bring to the Karoo Hoogland municipality and the Calvinia Hantam municipality;
3) questions how long people who will not get excellent service delivery will remain contented with the administration that failed them repeatedly in the past and is likely to do the same in the next five years; and
4) congratulates Cope and the DA for making such great advances in the communities of the Northern Cape.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that while the prophets of doom were trying to convince South Africans that Cope is something of the past, Cope has shown that they are here to stay;
2) further notes that the voters once more showed their confidence in the leadership of Cope's president Terror Lekota;
3) realises that the Congress of the People has now risen to be the kingmaker in numerous municipalities across the Republic, with both the ANC and DA recognising that they can't move without the support of Cope; and
4) acknowledges that, in the face of great adversity and with limited resources, Cope was still able to run a successful campaign across all nine provinces and in almost all municipalities and showed the rest of South Africa that it will be a force to be reckoned with come 2014.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) congratulates the Democratic Alliance on its outstanding achievements in regard to the results of the past local government elections, noting in particular that -
a) the DA is the only established party that has increased its support, growing its base by 70%, but almost doubling in real terms;
b) around 1 in 4 voters cast their votes for the DA on Wednesday;
c) the DA grew its support in every municipality it contested;
d) the DA increased its support among black, white, coloured and Indian South Africans;
e) the DA has increased its support among poor and rich; and
f) the DA is South Africa's most diverse party, South Africa's only growing party and South Africa's best party for service delivery in government.
Chairperson, I give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the irresponsible and extremely dangerous incitement of ANC supporters by Nceba Faku, ANC Nelson Mandela Bay regional chairman, who urged party supporters to burn down the offices of The Herald;
2) further notes the continuing hostility of the ANC leadership to the media, which is doing no more than reflecting the party's failure to deliver services; and
3) acknowledges the importance of each political party taking decisive disciplinary action against their members who act in gross violation of our constitutional order and who take it upon themselves to incite hatred, fear and violence, as Mr Faku did in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the African National Congress, ANC, won a decisive majority of 73,2% of the votes cast in the Eastern Cape province for the 2011 local government elections on Wednesday, 18 May 2011, in which the ANC won the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, where the Democratic Alliance and the Congress of the People had hoped to form a governing coalition, and won many municipalities across the province, with resounding victories in Alfred Nzo, and O R Tambo where it took 33 out of 35 wards, including Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, Cacadu and Amathole;
2) acknowledges that this is a clear indication that the people of the Eastern Cape province have potent confidence and affirmation in the policies and programmes of the ANC; and
3) takes this opportunity to congratulate the people of the Eastern Cape province for rising to the call to defend the gains made in dismantling the legacy of apartheid in our communities by ensuring that the ANC leads the task of bringing development to our communities.
Hon Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the African National Congress, ANC, won the Nkandla Ward 14 with 53,9% of the vote, or 1 219 votes, followed by the National Freedom Party, which received 29,73% of the vote, or 673 votes, and the Inkatha Freedom Party, IFP, with only 16,28%, or 368 votes;
2) further notes that Ward 14 is where President Jacob Zuma's homestead is situated and has been controlled by the IFP since the first democratic local government elections; and
3) takes this opportunity to congratulate the people of Nkandla, the ANC leadership in Ward 14 and the volunteers for showing trust in the ANC's commitment to bring development in their area.
Chairperson, I give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council debates -
1) the unacceptability of officials who are on suspension continuing to receive full remuneration for years on end, as in the case of Judge Nkola Motata, who was found guilty of driving under the influence in 2009 and has been on special leave on full salary for four years, and continuing;
2) the necessity for government to use taxpayers' money more judiciously and to get full value for that money; and
3) whether or not to ask the Judicial Service Commission to draw the line and set an example and to send a clear message to public servants that any indiscretion on their part will have serious consequences, financial consequences being one of them.
Chairperson, I give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that a few days after the elections the Democratic Alliance, DA, in Tshwane has been hit by serious allegations of racism, with black members claiming marginalisation and ill-treatment by white party leaders;
2) further notes that this incident follows a petition drafted by disgruntled DA members and the party's chief whip, Derek Fleming, who spoke against racism in the DA and the ill-treatment of black members and candidates amid claims that the party's regional leader, Brandon Topham, is sympathetic to "white racists" in the party; and
3) takes this opportunity to condemn in the harshest possible terms the abuse of our people by a party that exploits the conditions facing our people by promising positions, food parcels and houses when they vote for the DA, only to ill-treat them and subject them to repulsive racial slurs and bigoted treatment.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the African National Congress, ANC, won the Thembelihle municipality in the Northern Cape, which includes the Afrikaner enclave of Orania;
2) acknowledges that some of the people who voted for the ANC in the Thembelihle municipality were from Orania and welcomes their support and trust in the commitment of the ANC to build a better South Africa; and
3) takes this opportunity to congratulate all the candidates, volunteers and communities who worked tirelessly to ensure that the ANC wins the municipality.