Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council debates -
1) the web of corruption that has been revealed in the Special Investigating Unit's dossier regarding the Moses Kotane municipality in the North West province;
2) the gross administrative failures that have led to the suspension of municipal manager Gobakwang Moatshe, who was charged with 21 counts of gross misconduct;
3) the revelation that the council paid up to R11 million for a civic centre that was supposed to have been completed in 2008; and
4) the urgent need for corruption in municipalities to be addressed and for justice to be served immediately.
Chair, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move on behalf of the ANC:
That the Council -
1) notes that although the DA often lauded the administration of the City of Cape Town as being open, effective and efficient, Mayor Patricia de Lille, however, is slowly but surely realising that the administration that she inherited from her leader and predecessor, now Premier Helen Zille, is in fact not so open but conducts its work under a shroud of secrecy as it is apparently still remote controlled by Premier Zille;
2) notes that this was again recently evidenced by the city administration's practice and demonstration of secretive bureaucracy when it failed and/or refused to provide information about basic services involving billions of rands being paid by the City to private entities because of the City's policy to outsource basic services;
3) further notes that this same practice of secrecy was also illustrated by Premier Zille and her administration at the legislature when they openly misled Scopa by testifying that provincial programmes are uploaded on the provincial government's website, which is open to the public, whereas the media and members of the legislature could not locate any projects on the website; and
4) condemns these secretive practices of Premier Zille and the DA in the harshest terms and calls on her to not only provide lip service to clean and transparent governance but indeed to practise it.
Chairperson, on behalf of the DA I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that President Jacob Zuma, current President of South Africa, was Deputy President of South Africa from 1999 to 2005 and was axed by the then President, Thabo Mbeki, for reasons linked to the alleged corruption related to the arms deal;
2) further notes that President Jacob Zuma announced the establishment of the commission of inquiry and this is much welcomed by the DA;
3) notes that the President also said that he will make himself available to testify before the commission of inquiry, although the President will have no option but to testify if he is summoned to do so; and
4) acknowledges that this step and decision is long overdue and hopes that all the relevant and true information will come to the fore and those responsible for corruption and mismanagement will be made to account to the nation for their deeds and crime.
Chair, I hereby give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the MEC for police in the Western Cape, Mr Dan Plato, has clearly lost the battle against gangsterism in the Western Cape;
2) debates the lack of fresh ideas and strong leadership shown in tackling gangsterism in the Western Cape;
3) also debates the failure of Mr Plato to address this issue since taking office; and
4) debates the urgent need for the national Minister of Police to intervene by implementing a special investigation unit to deal with this rising concern.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council debates -
1) the continual squandering of public funds by the embattled Department of Public Works;
2) the shocking revelation of yet another suspicious lease deal entered into on behalf of the Independent Complaints Directorate in Pretoria in the Gauteng province; and
3) the inability of the ANC-led government to effectively act against corruption in its own ranks.
Chairperson, on behalf of the DA I wish to give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council notes that -
1) this week the world's population increased to the seven billion mark and the population is set to increase even faster in future;
2) in the 18th and 19th centuries it took 125 years to increase the world population by one billion people - these days it takes only 12 years;
3) the good news is that it is anticipated that the world's population will stabilise in the 21st century;
4) the bad news is that the world's population will be more than nine billion people and Africa's population will continue to grow;
5) the depletion of the world's rain forests, fishing resources and fresh water and the emission of greenhouse gases, leading to global warming, are a major threat to the world as we know it; and
6) the world's resources are finite, not infinite and this calls for a drastic change of lifestyle.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes the ongoing lack of a clear and detailed agricultural policy, which has continued to fuel uncertainty and is translating into disinvestment in agriculture;
2) further notes that as a result of this blatant failure by the department, the number of commercial farmers has drastically declined from 128 000 in 1980 to 40 000 today;
3) acknowledges that at this rate commercial enterprises in our country will decline to 15 000 by 2025, thus posing a major threat to both employment and food security; and
4) calls on government to recognise the enormous danger to South Africa's economy and the welfare of the nation in continuing to handle agriculture in this lax and careless manner.
Chair, I hereby give notice on behalf of the DA that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) should state that the tollgate which is to be built on the N1 and N2 in the Western Cape, in Cape Town, be cancelled for the following reasons:
a) it could have costly legal implications for government;
b) South African citizens will be economically disadvantaged; and
c) the plan could have serious financial implications for the business fraternity, which will be shifted to consumers.
Chair, I hereby give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) the desperate situation the community of Meqheleng in Ficksburg have found themselves in after the area was hit by a tornado on 2 October; 2) the many citizens who have been left homeless;
3) the IDs and other important documents that were lost due to the strong winds that tore apart the RDP houses and shacks;
4) the community of Meqheleng Zone 8 who are still picking up the pieces; and
5) the urgent need for local government to intervene and rebuild the community.
Chairperson, on behalf of the DA I give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the MEC for local government and traditional affairs, Mr M Qoboshiyane, requested a forensic audit into alleged irregularities at Kouga municipality in February 2011;
2) further notes that the Gobodo forensic auditors, who were mandated to undertake the investigation, informed the DA caucus that the report was to be tabled by 25 March 2011;
3) also notes that the investigation commissioned by the previous MEC, Mr Qobana, into the alleged fraudulent Jeffrey's Bay Golf Course, the Kouga valuation tender scandal and other matters - referring to the Auditor General's special reports 1, 2, 3 and 4 - and the Special Investigating Unit, was stopped at the final stages because of the lack of capacity and funding by the relevant department in Bhisho;
4) notes that at a special council meeting held on 4 October 2011 a resolution was passed that a subcommittee of councillors would study legal action options against some of the major transgressors in the Kouga administration; and
5) calls on the Minister for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs to please make available the above reports within the next week to empower the council's subcommittee to implement the council resolution of 4 October.