Deputy Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
notes with the utmost relief the safe return of a 12-year-old South African boy, Nayati Moodliar, who was snatched while outside Mont Kiara International School for diplomats' children in Kuala Lumpur on Friday;
further notes that Nayati Moodliar, whose parents are from Cape Town, was grabbed by two men and bundled into a black car with false number plates in Malaysia, and that his mother could not celebrate her birthday on Tuesday as she was still desperate for the safe return of her son; and
(3) takes this opportunity to condemn in the strongest possible terms the kidnapping of Nayati Moodliar and calls on the Malaysian government to move with utmost speed to ensure that the perpetrators of this crime are brought to face the full might of the law.
Thank you, Deputy Chair. I hereby give notice that on the next sitting of day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
notes with the utmost concern and apprehension the statement made by the national Department of Health last Tuesday admitting that security in some of our public hospitals is slack and that this puts the lives of health workers and patients at risk;
further notes that the Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, indicated that the department was aware of security problems at some of its hospitals and that it was working hard to address them, but this would come at a huge cost to the department;
acknowledges that last Friday's hostage drama that unfolded at a private hospital in Durban, Life Westville Hospital, where a 38-year-old man was shot dead by police after he held a woman hostage for four hours, is indicative that security in our health facilities is lax and in need of urgent interventions; and
(4) takes this opportunity to call on the Department of Health to move with utmost speed and expedience in securing our public health facilities.
Hon Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that more than 30 contracts, worth at least R200 million, were awarded without going to tender at the Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State province;
2) also notes that 13 of the contracts, valued at R32 million, were awarded in one day;
3) further notes that a confidential report, the Selesho Commission Report, which was prepared by the development and governance consultant Sledge Selesho in 2010 on the Matjhabeng Municipality, discloses details of corruption, theft of public money and blatant financial mismanagement; and
4) calls on the MEC for co-operative governance and traditional affairs in the Free State to release the full report of the Selesho Commission as well as the Ramathe Fivaz report to expose the corrupt officials instead of sweeping the damning reports under the carpet.
Hon Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that scholar transport remains a critical issue for all learners in the Eastern Cape;
2) also notes that the Eastern Cape department of transport awarded the tender for scholar transport of R206 million to a single contractor for the 2011-12 financial year and although the contractor has been paid by the department of transport, the contractor has failed to pay the subcontractors and taxi owners, leading to a strike by subcontractors and subsequently leaving scholars without transport;
3) further notes that -
a) the department of transport budgeted R210 million for the 2012- 13 financial year for transport;
b) the actual cost from 1 April until 26 October 2012 amounts to R344 899 000 for 54 472 children;
c) this is already R134 million over budget for only seven months of the year; and
d) no tenders for scholar transport have been awarded for the 2012-13 financial year;
4) calls on the Minister of Basic Education and the Minister of Transport to resolve these issues timeously so that -
a) the learners will be able to write their examinations in November and December this year;
b) the learners may attend the first term of the 2013 year; and
c) the subcontractors are paid for all the claims submitted for the 2011-12 financial year.
Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
notes with the utmost concern the shocking figures released in Parliament by the Public Service Commission, which is blaming government departments for taking more than the prescribed 60 days to complete disciplinary hearings;
further notes that the Department of Correctional Services topped the list of departments, paying R14 million to employees sitting at home, followed by the Department of Justice, which is paying over R11 million to 69 employees on suspension and the SA Police Service, which is paying over R8 million to 869 officials on suspension;
further notes that most of the public servants that continue to get paid while on leave are charged with misconduct ranging from theft, fraud, misuse of state property, sexual harassment and sexual assault, and gross negligence resulting in loss of state money to the violation of tender processes; and
takes this opportunity to call on all government departments and the Public Service Commission to move with the utmost speed in resolving suspensions on full pay in the Public Service.
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 debates -
1) the next biggest irregular and potentially wasteful expenditure after the arms deal, namely Sanral's Gauteng e-tolling gantries and road levy;
2) the need to call for a full investigation into the accountability of Sanral management and the role of National Treasury in the preparation of this tender; and
3) the need to investigate whether there has been a deliberate attempt to abuse the state system for narrow political purposes and to benefit a few.
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) notes the shocking and unacceptable negligence by the ruling party for failing to address the problem of magisterial boundaries, which hampers service delivery to our people;
2) further notes that for the past 18 years people have still been adhering to the magisterial boundaries created by the apartheid regime during the formation of homelands and self-governing states;
3) calls on the ruling party to take serious steps to attend to this unacceptable lack of commitment to service delivery.
Hon De Villiers?
Thank you, Deputy Chairperson. I'm very sorry but I couldn't hear you.
I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that the need for social workers in the country is huge and of paramount importance due to the large numbers of poor people and the social ills in communities;
2) further notes that all provincial departments of social development across the country, except for the Western Cape, are unable to place graduate social workers and bursars in their employ due to inadequate budget funding;
3) acknowledges that the Western Cape department of social development employed nearly 100 newly qualified social workers who completed their study in 2011, funded from its bursaries; and
4) debates the role of social workers and the need for service delivery in quality social development.