Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that on 11 September 1906 Mahatma Gandhi led the Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign against the introduction of the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance in the then Transvaal, effectively extending pass laws to Indians; 2) further notes that the law stipulated that every Indian male, female and child over eight years of age had to register with the Registrar of Asiatics and had to show their registration certificate to any policeman who asked to see it;
3) recognises that Satyagraha is a form of political struggle that requires practitioners to abstain from violence even under extreme provocation;
4) believes that Satyagraha is a method of struggle that was pioneered in South Africa but was applied in India, the United States of America and other parts of the world;
5) remembers that it is because of the work and dedication of leaders like Mahatma Gandhi that South Africa is a democracy today; and
6) wishes that the world community can draw lessons about conflict resolution from Satyagraha.
Agreed to.