Chairperson, I move the draft resolution printed in my name on the Order Paper, as follows:
That the Council -
1) notes that the President of the Republic of South Africa has, in terms of the Constitution and the Joint Rules, called a Joint Sitting of the two Houses for Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 14:00 to bid farewell to the Hon Justice Pius Langa, the retired Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa, and to welcome Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo; and
2) resolves, subject to the concurrence of the National Assembly, to invite retired Chief Justice Langa and Chief Justice Ngcobo to attend and participate in the Joint Sitting of the Houses on 11 November 2009.
Question put: That the motion be agreed to.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Motion accordingly agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.