Madam Speaker, I move without notice:

That the House -

1) notes that today - the 11th day of the 11th month - is the day when in 1918 the guns finally fell silent to end the First World War, also known as the Great War;

2) further notes that this day has become known and marked worldwide as Remembrance Day;

3) acknowledges that the poppy has become the international symbol of remembrance, with its bright red colour symbolising the bloodshed, but also the hope of new life;

4) further acknowledges that the poppy, and Remembrance Day, now denote remembrance not only of those who perished in the First World War but also of those men and women who have died in all wars fought across the earth;

5) remembers the 7 000 South Africans who lost their lives in World War I, including 607 black South Africans who died when the SS Mendi was sunk in 1917;

6) further remembers the 9 000 South Africans who died in World War II;

7) joins with the global citizenry to pay tribute to men and women who have lost their lives in all the wars that have wracked our planet;

8) recalls that our freedom is built on the backs of those who fought and died; and 9) states, unequivocally, that we will remember them.

[Applause.]

Agreed to.