Hon Deputy Speaker, Deputy President, hon members and fellow South Africans, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality for a job well done within a very short space of time. The Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality, having considered the resolution of the House to identify suitable candidates for the filling of vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality, reports that the ad hoc committee received 44 nominations.
On 31 October 2013, 16 candidates were shortlisted to be interviewed. However, one candidate withdrew, leaving the ad hoc committee with 15 candidates to interview, namely: Mrs Nomsisi Lindelwa Hicksonia Bata, Mr Mbuyiselo Albert Botha, Mrs Shameela Essack, Dr Gcwalisile Zulu-Kabanyane, Ms Nondumiso Maphazi, Ms Nomasonto Grace Mazibuko, Mr Wallace Amos Mgoqi, Ms Lulama Nare, Mr Khaya Nyikanyika, Mrs Patricia Daphne Nyman, Ms Priscilla Lynnette Fundisile Nzimande, Prof Sadhasivan Perumal, Mrs Kilebogile Viola Sebusi, Ms Natalie Skeepers and Ms Primrose Siyanda Sobahle.
After interviewing the above candidates in a meeting at Parliament on 5 and 6 November 2013, the ad hoc committee nominated the following candidates for approval by the House, in accordance with section 193(5) of the Constitution of 1996, as commissioners in the Commission for Gender Equality for a five-year term each as follows: Miss Lulama Nare, full-time, starting in January 2014; Mrs Nomsisi Lindelwa Hicksonia Bata, full-time, starting in January 2014; Ms Nomasonto Grace Mazibuko, part-time, starting in January 2014; Mr Mbuyiselo Albert Botha, part-time, starting in January 2014; Mr Wallace Amos Mgoqi, full-time, starting in June 2014; Ms Nondumiso Maphazi, full-time, starting in June 2014; Ms Primrose Siyanda Sobahle, part-time, starting in June 2014; Ms Priscilla Lynnette Fundisile Nzimande, part-time, starting in June 2014. I present this report to be considered and adopted by this House. I thank you. [Applause.]
There was no debate.
Question put: That Ms Lulama Nare, full-time, starting in January 2014; Mrs Nomsisi Lindelwa Hicksonia Bata, full-time, starting in January 2014; Ms Nomasonto Grace Mazibuko, part-time, starting in January 2014; Mr Mbuyiselo Albert Botha, part-time, starting in January 2014; Mr Wallace Amos Mgoqi, full-time, starting in June 2014; Ms Nondumiso Maphazi, full-time, starting in June 2014; Ms Primrose Siyanda Sobahle, part-time, starting in June 2014; and Ms Priscilla Lynnette Fundisile Nzimande, part-time, starting in June 2014, be recommended for appointment as Commissioners on the Commission for Gender Equality.