House Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that 11 February 2019 marks 29 years of Nelson Mandela's release from Victor Verster Prison in Cape Town after spending 27 years imprisoned;
2) further notes that Mandela spent 18 years on Robben Island and a short period at Pollsmoor Prison before spending the last 14 months of his imprisonment at the Victor Verster Prison;
3) recalls that in June 1964, Madiba and other political activists were sentenced to life in prison at Robben Island;
4) further recalls that his release paved the way for South Africa's years of peace-making, negotiations and a process of transformation;