Deputy Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that on 21 October 2009, the President of the Republic of South Africa, President Jacob Zuma, accompanied by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe met with executive mayors, mayors, and municipal managers from all 283 municipalities in South Africa, as well as with Ministers, MECs, directors-general and leaders of the SA Local Government Association, Salga, to discuss the strengthening of the local government sphere at the Oliver Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha, Cape Town;
2) further notes that the meeting was a sequel to previous service delivery improvement sessions that the President has had with various stakeholders to improve dialogue and finding solutions to achieving the goal of a better life for all our people;
3) acknowledges that this meeting highlighted the ANC government's determination and commitment to improve local government and the delivery of quality services to our people, as well as finding decisive measures to tackle poor performance and corruption at local government level; and
4) takes this opportunity to congratulate the President on this important initiative as a crucial and further step in the process of improving the functioning and co-ordination of the various spheres of government to deliver quality services to our people. [Interjections]