Deputy Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move on behalf of Cope:
That the Council -
(1) notes with interest the endeavours of President Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to meet with executive mayors and mayors from all of the country's 283 municipalities to discuss the strengthening of the local government sphere;
(2) further notes government's acknowledgement of the general lack of local government capacity in the third sphere of government and of the prevalence of corruption there, and of its desire to seek solutions to these challenges; and
(3) therefore calls on government for coherence, and to end its policy of cadre deployment and to put into posts and positions in government those who have the required qualification, expertise, capability and motivation to manage municipalities professionally.