Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that on Saturday, 12 September 2009, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development handed over the mortal remains of the COSAS Two, Topsy Madaka and Siphiwo Mtimkhulu, and the PEBCO Three, Sipho Hashe, Champion Galela and Qaqawuli Godolozi, who disappeared in 1982 and 1985, respectively, to their families for burial;
2) further notes that the COSAS Two and the PEBCO Three activists were abducted by members of the Eastern Cape Security Police in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and that they were taken to the Post Chalmers Farm where they were interrogated, tortured, drugged and shot dead and their bodies burnt on a wood fire;
3) recognises that the search for missing South Africans is being undertaken by the unit established within the National Prosecuting Authority to locate the human remains or whereabouts of people who disappeared under mysterious political circumstances during the apartheid era and where those cases had been reported to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC);
4) notes that a memorial service for the five will be held on Heritage Day, 24 September 2009, and the funeral will be on 3 October 2009 in Port Elizabeth;
5) believes that the families of the PEBCO Three and the COSAS Two will find closure when they finally receive and bury the mortal remains of their loved ones; and
6) conveys its condolences to the families of these five heroes and gallant fighters to the end.
Agreed to.