Madam Deputy Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, the South African Army honoured its long-serving members who spent 10 to 30 years in the service by awarding them medals as a token of appreciation;
2) further notes that several medals were also awarded to members who served as ambassadors in the Great Lakes area and also to members who served in the war-torn DRC and Sudan;
3) recalls that our army played an important role in peacekeeping in Africa and that their hard work paid off last year when they were withdrawn from Burundi because peace and stability had returned to that country;
4) further recalls that in the DRC, the army trained one of their battalions that has already contributed to the peace in that country; and 5) welcomes the move to get the army to guard our borders as their presence there has already contributed to the curbing of illegal activities.
Agreed to.