Chair, I move without notice:
That this Council -
(1) notes with great regret -
(a) the reports of a Durban schoolboy, Sihle Msomi, who was stabbed by another pupil after being called out of class by the assailant in the presence of a teacher; and
b) that the pupil bled to death before reaching a local clinic; and 2) takes this opportunity to express its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of Sihle Msomi; and
3) calls on the Minister of Education and the MEC for Education in the province to-
a) speed up plans to improve school safety and security; and
b) intensify awareness programmes to deal with pupil-to-pupil school violence, bullying and harassment.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.