I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes with profound sadness and a deep sense of personal loss the untimely death of Prof Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane, who passed away on 16 February 2014 at the age of 65 years, at his home in Bloemfontein;
2) further notes that Prof Mzamane has held numerous positions in his professional life and when death struck, Prof Mzamane was the Director for the Centre for African Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg;
3) acknowledges that he is credited for having transformed the Department of English at the University of Fort Hare to what today is known as the Department for English Studies and Comparative Literature, and he was later appointed the second post apartheid Rector and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Fort Hare;
4) further acknowledges that Prof Mzamane in 1971, completed two degrees concurrently namely, Bachelor of Arts, and a Certificate in Education, passing the latter with distinction from the then University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland;
5) recalls that in 1975, he completed Masters of Arts from the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and in 1982, he completed his Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield, England;
6) recognises that Prof Mzamane was an educator par excellence:
a) from 1973-1975, he was a teacher in Mabathoana High School in Maseru, Lesotho;
b) from 1975-1979, he was appointed the Lecturer/Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland in Gaborone, Botswana;
c) from 1980-1982, Prof Mzamane worked as a Postgraduate Tutor in a Masters programme in African Literature and completed his Doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, England;
d) from 1982-1986, Prof Mzamane was a Senior Lecturer /Associate Professor at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria;
e) from 1986-1988, Prof Mzamane was a visiting Research Fellow on a Southern African Research Program at Yale University;
f) from 1988-1990, Prof Mzamane was a Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature/African Studies at University of Georgia, Athens, America; and
g) from 1990-1995, he was an Associate Professor, Director for African Studies and Coordinator of Cultural Diversity.
7) further recognises that the late former President Mandela once referred to Prof Mzamane as a visionary leader and one of South Africa's greatest intellectuals; and
8) conveys its sincere condolences to the grieving family, friends and colleagues of Prof Mbulelo Mzamane - Phumla Ngoxolo thol' elenkuzi [Rest in peace the son of] ooMsimanga, ooNonkosi, ooNothabizolo, ooNongelengele, ooNokhuko Lomhlanganisi lahlanganis' indlu yoDlomo nabathwa ooSonga, ooNonyele nkcenkceni, sizukulwana sikaMashwabada [clan names]. Iimbewu obuyiphathisiwe uyisebenzisile akujikanga nayo. [You have delivered well on what you have been assigned to do.]
Enkosi, Somlomo. [Thank you, hon Speaker. [Applause.]
Agreed to.