Mr Speaker, I move:
That the House -
(1) notes with profound sadness the untimely death on Saturday, 9 May 2009, of hon Mama Nomvula Khellinah Shoba;
(2) further notes that Mama Khellinah, as she was affectionately known, held several positions within the Tripartite Alliance, including that of Secretary and Deputy Chairperson of the local ANC branch, Provincial Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions in Mpumalanga and Regional Treasurer of the National Union of Mineworkers;
(3) recognises that her untimely and sudden death has not only robbed her family of a caring mother, wife and grandmother but that her departure from our midst is indeed a great loss to the ANC, the Tripartite Alliance, the women formations, the people of Mpumalanga and the rest of South Africa, and that Mama Khellinah has left a void;
(4) recalls that the attainment of gender parity and other gains achieved by women since the dawn of democracy were largely brought about through courageous and unwavering struggles waged by women of the calibre of Comrade Shoba; and
(5) conveys its condolences to the Shoba family, the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions.
Motion agreed to, members standing.
The condolences of the House will be conveyed to the Shoba family, the ANC, the SACP and Cosatu.