House Chair, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that today marks the 54th anniversary of the publication of the book The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon, which became and still remains the authoritative literature on race, colonialism and neocolonialism;
2) further notes that Fanon, who was born in the Caribbean, on the island of Martinique, and later joined the Algerian national liberation movement in 1954, wrote and completed the book in a record 10 months, which was a race against time because he was on his deathbed, dying of leukemia at the age of 36;
3) also notes that this book draws on Fanon's involvement in the Algerian liberation struggle and his travels and engagements with African liberation leaders on the continent;
4) acknowledges that the book deals with the dualistic nature of colonial societies and the colonial construction of blacks as nonhuman beings;
5) further acknowledges that Fanon heavily criticised the inability of former liberation movements to respond adequately to the needs of the people once these liberation movements have taken power;
6) recalls that in the chapter titled "The pitfalls of national consciousness" Fanon condemns the intellectual laziness of nationalist movements of newly liberated countries and their inflexible ways of dealing with issues that benefit the larger community, always preferring the middle classes of these former oppressors;
7) further recalls that in his critique of the liberation movements, Fanon says, "The objective of nationalist parties as from a certain given period is, we have seen, strictly national. They mobilize the people with slogans of independence, and for the rest leave it to future events. When such parties are questioned on the economic programme of the state that they are clamouring for, or on the nature of the regime which they propose to install, they are incapable of replying, because, precisely, they are completely ignorant of the economy of their own country"; and
8) also recalls that on the nature of the regime and the programmes of postliberation movements Fanon expressly indicated the need for liberation movements to make sure that the economy becomes centre stage post liberation.
House Chair, I object on the grounds that the wonderful revolutionary Frantz Fanon's dialectical perspective on national movements has been grossly distorted. I object. [Interjections.]
Hon House Chair, the process of objecting to motions without notice ...
Order! Hon Shivambu ...
... is handled in a very different way from what Jeremy is doing now. If we have to explain the background, all of us can do so, ... [Interjections.] ...
Order! Can you take your seat, hon Shivambu?
... because there was nothing distorted in what was said. [Interjections.]
Hon Shivambu, can you take you seat? Your point is noted.
I am surprised at the energy of the Minister ... [Inaudible.]
Order! In the light of the objection, the motion without notice has not been agreed to. The motion without notice therefore becomes a notice of motion.