Madam Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that on Sunday, 15 August 2010 there was a historic step in the realignment of South African politics, when a political memorandum of understanding was signed between the Independent Democrats and the DA to come together and fight elections under the DA's banner;
2) further notes that this memorandum of the DA and the ID heralds the beginning of a new phase in South Africa's journey away from the politics of racial identity, towards the politics of shared values, which will form the bedrock of the new majority we are building in South Africa;
3) recognises that the political contest in South Africa is now between the values of openness and opportunities for all, envisaged in the Constitution, versus the ANC's drive to close down the democratic space and limit opportunities to the politically connected few;
4) acknowledges that more and more South Africans are discovering this every day and in 2011 they will express this at the ballot box, which will result in a greater number of municipalities falling under the control of the DA; and
5) looks forward to making the South African dream, of one nation united under the Constitution, a reality for all who live in it.
Deputy Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the desperate attempts of the DA to gobble up smaller parties by sneaking in the abolished floor-crossing legislation;
2) acknowledges that this unholy marriage is a clear sign of a frantic party that is scrambling for anything to remain in power in the Western Cape;
3) further acknowledges that the ANC remains the only party that represents the aspirations of millions of South Africans who are poor and who have been victims of colonial and apartheid rule; and
4) takes this opportunity to call on the people of South Africa, particularly those in the Western Cape, to be aware that this is a party that failed to appoint a single African leader in its leadership and, despite being led by a woman, has failed to elect a single woman in the provincial government of the Western Cape and has leaders who still believe that the place for a woman is in the kitchen.
Madam Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of Cope:
That the Council -
1) debates the efforts by the current Minister of Human Settlements to eradicate corruption in housing contracts, which has been allowed to take root over the last 16 years, affecting the delivery of the quantity of houses as well as their quality;
2) notes that the vigorous determination of the present Minister has led to 1 290 individuals or companies being prosecuted as a result of 10 000 projects being assessed; and
3) calls on the government to assess all contracts and procurements over the last five years, in order to fight corruption across a wide front so that the success achieved by the Minister of Human Settlements can be extended to all departments.
Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of Cope:
That the Council -
1) debates the threats made by the SACP to Premier Modiselle and her government that the SACP would immediately withdraw its members from that government and take other action if the MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, namely Grace Bothman, was not immediately reinstated; 2) notes that the alliance has indeed reached a breaking point, making it impossible for the present ANC administration to govern with authority and integrity; and
3) calls on government to resist being openly blackmailed in this way as any weakness on its part in this regard will render South Africa totally ungovernable.
Hon Deputy Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of Cope:
That the Council -
1) debates whether the mineral rights that are awarded by the Department of Mineral Resources, DMR, become immediately tradable and transferable in the hands of the awardee and can therefore be made over to the highest bidder, as happened with Imperial Crown Trading;
2) notes that to all intents and purposes the DMR does not require any applicant to prove that it has the capacity to undertake the kind of mining linked to the rights but that "political links to key centres of political power" appears to be the sole criterion used by the DMR; and
3) calls on government to explain to the unions, investors and the people of South Africa whether the nationalisation of the mines has already begun by stealth and furthermore to clarify its policy of limiting beneficiaries to those who have "political links to key centres of political power" as is evident in this and other cases.
Thanks, Chairperson. I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of Cope:
That the Council -
1) debates whether the government has proactively anticipated the arrival of measles, given that measles has spread from Malawi to Zimbabwe and is widespread in both countries;
2) notes that complications with measles are generally common and these are diarrhoea, pneumonia, encephalitis and corneal ulceration; and
3) calls on government to act at once to begin large-scale immunisation to protect South African citizens from what Malawians have already gone through.
Can I make an amendment, Deputy Chair?
Hon Ntwanambi, I will allow you to do that, but please behave.
Deputy Chair, can I make an amendment because the last part of the statement seems to be so Afrophobic as it accuses Malawians of the spread of measles.