House Chair, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes with great sadness the death of one of South Africa's greatest sculptors, Johannes Cornelius (Neels) Coetzee on 2 August 2013, at the age of 73, after a prolonged illness;
2) recognises Neels Coetzee's contribution to one of our most extraordinary and rich periods for the imaginative arts, the 1980s and 1990s, when apartheid was dying and a democracy was being built;
3) further recognises Neels Coetzee's utter commitment to every detail of quality in his sculptural work, his teaching and external examinations at seven South African universities;
4) further notes that Neels Coetzee completed 21 sculpture commissions, has 21 works acquired by public collections and won many prestigious awards, including those from Synergy, Afrox and Sasol;
5) extends its heartfelt condolences to Neels Coetzee's family, especially his wife Koulla Xinisteris, his friends and former colleagues at the University of the Witwatersrand; and
6) wishes that Neels Coetzee rest in peace, rus in vrede, robalang ka khotso.
Agreed to. [Applause.]