Acting Chair, I want to move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with concern the shocking, inhumane and racist video depicting four white male students of the University of the Free State humiliating African employees, which entailed bizarre acts of enforced drinking, participating in a race and being asked to kneel and eat food which had been urinated upon;
2) further notes that this racist act at the Free State University at its Reitz hostel, reminds us of other such acts, namely -
a) Skierlik in the North West, where 18-year-old Johan Nel shot and killed four black people;
b) of white high school students in Newcastle, who welcomed their newly appointed principal with booing and chanting of Bok van Blerk's De la Rey anthem;
c) of many more often unreported sufferings which our people still endure at the hands of some white racists; 3) condemns in no uncertain terms these barbaric and inhuman acts;
4) calls upon those white citizens who still harbour and propagate racism tendencies to stop forthwith as these tendencies are not part of their biological make-up, and reminds them that there are no people in the world whose patience is endless;
5) also calls on the university to speed up transformation and take firm disciplinary steps that would show total rejection of racism in all its forms;
6) further calls on the Department of Education and the Human Rights Commission to urgently investigate the activities of the Here XVII, FF+ and Solidarity on the campus and to allow the full might of the law to take its course.
Thank you, hon Tolo. I would like to request that the members give the other member who is speaking a chance to complete what he/she is saying. Is there any objection to the motion? Please raise your objection.
The objection is that this motion should have been circulated between the parties. It was not circulated, and it is the first time that I hear about it. Again, I object to the racist tone that is included in that motion.
So, what is your actual objection?
My objection is that firstly, this was not circulated amongst the parties. It is the first time that I hear about this. My second objection is that it is a sensitive issue and the third one is that it should have been discussed or at least circulated within the parties. The fourth objection is to the accusations of racism against my party. I object to that.
Hon member, I am sorry to say this, but this is a motion without notice. Therefore, it does not need to be circulated amongst the parties in the first place. Will you please take your seat? The motion is agreed to in terms of section 65 of the Constitution. Hon Combrink?
It is actually Krumbock, Acting Chairperson. Anyway, I am not objecting to the motion. I happen to agree with the motion. I just want to make that clear, but with due respect, Acting Chairperson, I think something is really incorrect, because you do not have to supply a reason to object when changing a notice of motion into a motion without notice. I suggest you check the Rules.
I have checked the Rules and I thank you again for your input, but I am saying again it does not need to be circulated amongst parties, because it is a motion that is being passed. The objection is not an objection. So, I have passed the motion as agreed to in terms of section 65 of the Constitution.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.
Let us continue. Thank you. Are there any further motions without notice?