1) notes with regret the passing away of former United Democratic Front, UDF, Western Cape leader and political activist, Joseph Marks, on 17 November 2011;
2) further notes that Mr Marks, as a member of the then Democratic Party, was a member of the provincial Parliament of the first democratically elected Western Cape government;
3) acknowledges the role played by him and his organisation in the struggle for democracy in South Africa and his personal fight for adequate housing for the poor;