SITTING 20.qxd 19/03/2009 22:15 Page 1 TUESDAY: 11 NOVEMBER 2008 Sitting No. 20 [No. 20 - 2008] Fourth Session, Third Legislature REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA LEGISLATURE OF THE NORTH WEST PROVINCE TUESDAY: 11 NOVEMBER 2008 09H00 HON. DEP. SPEAKER: HON. DEP. SPEAKER: Honourable Members, we may Honourable Members, are there now observe a moment of silent any motions without notice? prayer and meditation. Honourable Madoda, Honourable Members you may Honourable Hattingh, get seated. Next item Honourable Groenewald, Honourable Moiloa, Honourable SECRETARY: ITEM NO. 2; Matladi late comer. MINUTES OF THE 21st OCTO- BERT 2008. HON. MADODA: Thank you Honourable Deputy HON. DEP. SPEAKER: Speaker. The ANC rises to Honourable Members, I put place a motion without a notice before you a set of minutes of to inform the House about the the 21st October 2008 for adop- election of Mr. Barack Obama to tion. Are there any corrections the presidency of the Unites from the minutes? In the Stated of America. Mr. Obama absence of any corrections, becomes the 44th president of does the House adopt the min- America. utes? Next item. Honourable Speaker, W would SECRETARY: ITEM NO 3; also like to congratulate Mr. MOTIONS Obama on being the first African-American president and (a) Motions without notice the youngest leader in the histo- (b) Notices of Motions ry of the US. The ANC would like to wish him well on his 1 SITTING 20.qxd 19/03/2009 22:15 Page 2 TUESDAY: 11 NOVEMBER 2008 Sitting No. 20 tenure as President. Thank He was stabbed several times you. with a knife and his wife Hannatjie Stander both are eld- HON. DEP. SPEAKER: erly people, they were stabbed I take it the House concurs with twelve times with a knife and in the motion. Next motion. the incident one of the attackers Honurable Hattingh. escaped. I move that the Legislature registers its concern HON. HATTINGH: with the increasing farm attacks Honourable Deputy Speaker, I in the North West Province. have two motions. First the DA moves that this House registers Second motion to the its concern with the latest spate Legislature registers its condo- of farm attacks in the North lences with a passing away of West Province which claimed South Africa's Goodwill the lives of three farmers in the Ambassador Miriam Makeba. I past week. recall that she at one stage also performed at the North West In the first incident Mr. Brink Provincial Legislature during an Botha from Mamogaleskraal on opening. Thank you. the 02nd of November was killed after he fight with three HON. DEP. SPEAKER: armed robberies. His wife Mrs. I take that the House concurs Christelle Botha and their thir- with motions as tabled. teen year old daughter after Honourable Groenewald. theft of weapon, cell phones and cash was downed and was HON. GROENEWALD: locked up. On the 06th of Thank you Honourable Deputy November Mr. Flip Minnie from Speaker. The DA wants to the farm Rooikopies near Brits move this august House and was killed by attackers in the express their deepest concerns presence of his fourteen year relating the incident that hap- old son. pened to the resident who were put out of their flats in On the same date Mr. Sias Mmabatho by the Red Ants on Stander was killed during a farm Wednesday the 29th of October attack on the farm near Coligny. 2008. I thank you. 2 SITTING 20.qxd 19/03/2009 22:15 Page 3 TUESDAY: 11 NOVEMBER 2008 Sitting No. 20 HON. DEP. SPEAKER: motion. Let's proceed, the next I take that the House concurs mover is Honourable Mokomele- with the motion. Honourable Mothibi. Moiloa. HON. MOKOMELE-MOTHIBI: HON. MOILOA: Thank you Honourable Deputy Honourable Deputy Speaker, the Speaker. Honourable Deputy African National Congress here- Speaker the ANC rises to place with place a motion without a motion without notice to inform notice to give all Grade 12 best your House about the death of wishes on their year end exami- singer Miriam Makeba age 76 nations. This period represents after being taken ill following a a unique and important moment concert in the Italian Town of in the lives of all the learners Caserta. who will be writing in the National Certificate Makeba was a legendary voice Examinations this academic of the African continent, who year. became a symbol of the fight against segregation in South By sitting in these examinations, Africa. Miriam or Mama Africa you have in fact already as she was popularly known reached the pivotal stage after was born in Johannesburg the almost twelve years of hard 04th March 1932. From her work during your school in start in a church choir, Makeba career. We believe that will do went on to sing professionally. yourselves, your families in the Makeba's superior voice earned province proud by improving last her the lead in the show King year's pass rate. We as the Kong, and a film part in Come ANC therefore extend our best Back Africa. wishes to you. We want to reit- erate to you that dreams do She became on international come true. You must just have sensation and sing at President courage to pursue them. Thank Kennedy's birthday. Makeba you. spent decades in exile; living mostly in the US and then in HON. DEP. SPEAKER: Guinea, after the South African I take the House agrees with the government cancelled her pass- 3 SITTING 20.qxd 19/03/2009 22:15 Page 4 TUESDAY: 11 NOVEMBER 2008 Sitting No. 20 port in 1960 for speaking out changes not only to Africa but to against the atrocities performed the whole world to make it a by the apartheid government. better place for all. The ANC would like to take the My second motion on Mama time to send our heartfelt condo- Africa. It is with great sadness lences to the Makeba's family, that the UCDP wishes to table a farewell Mama Africa. I thank motion without notice on the you. passing on of Miriam Makeba, "Mama Africa" as she is affec- HON. DEP. SPEAKER: tionately known. She suc- Honourable Matladi. cumbed to a heart attack after a concert in CasteVolturno, south- HON. MATLADI: ern Italy on Sunday. Thank you Honourable Deputy Speaker. Honourable Deputy I Mama Africa was mother to our do have two motions without struggle. Her haunting melodies notice that support the other gave voice to the pain of exile motions without notice present- as depicted by our former State ed by my colleagues. The first President, Dr. Nelson Mandela. one I would like to table is the Her music contributed to the lib- honour to Barack Obama for his eration of the people and con- victory as the USA President tributed to the liberation of the elect. people of the South Africa from the bondage of oppression. We We hope that as the UCDP, this salute you Mama Africa, a true will be the beginning of the new daughter of the soil. May your political terrain in International soul rest in peace. Good night Politics as it is the first time a Miriam Makeba, good night. black person is voted an American President. We hope HON. DEP. SPEAKER: that this will speed up changes Honourable Members I note that in Africa, as Africa is one of the the House agrees with all these continents in the development motions tabled, and I take that and hope that Barack Obama as the House adopts all the president of America, the "politi- motions, but I want to draw the cal powerhouse" will bring attention of the House that there 4 SITTING 20.qxd 19/03/2009 22:15 Page 5 TUESDAY: 11 NOVEMBER 2008 Sitting No. 20 is a notice of motion from the Thank you Honourable Deputy Order Paper standing over from Speaker. Honourable Deputy the previous Sitting. Speaker the African National Honourable Mampane and Congress rise to place a motion Honourable Kekesi. without notice for voter registra- tion held on the 08 to the 09th of HON. MAMPANE: November 2008. The ANC is Thank you Honourable Deputy saying all this is not lost for Speaker. The African National those who missed the voter reg- Congress herewith rises to istration deadline yesterday. place a motion to place a motion Although registration closed without notice to inform your yesterday we further say that House about the horrific storms our communities must visit their which hit the North West local municipality offices to reg- Province at the community of ister for the next coming elec- Driehoek in Marikana. tions. The community of Driehoek, We want to thank the communi- near Lichtenburg is reeling from ties for they were not discour- shock following the death of two aged by the rainy weather for people and six others sustaining register for the votes, today we injuries after they were hit by a are told that more 1.1 million eli- lightning last week. The victims gible voters have turned up in all were members of a local football 19 000 registrations stations. team which had just played a These are preliminary because soccer match at the neighbour- we are expecting final result ing village. from Wednesday as per IEC statement. Honourable Deputy Speaker on another incident at Marikana Our gratitude thanks goes to near Rustenburg 28 people IEC for their good work done were injured and 300 houses over the weekend. I thank you destroyed after being hit by a Deputy Speaker. violent storm on the 29th October 2008. I thank you. HON. DEP.