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NA QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER: 1896 ADVANCE NOTICE NO: NW 2245E
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 2 August 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER : 24
1896. Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
(a) What steps has her department taken in conjunction with the
Department of Science and Technology to ensure the co-existence of
hydraulic fracking and the Square Kilometre Array based on the
recommendations in the Investigation of Hydraulic Fracturing in the
Karoo Basin of South Africa report and (b) what progress has been
made in this regard? NW2245E
Reply
a) The department of Science and Technology is part of an inter-
departmental task team working on hydraulic fracturing.
b) They continue to work together as a team
Approved by the Minister on 20 August 2013
Date Submitted:-â¦20/08/2013