NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 292.
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 21 CW374E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 August 2010
Mr K A Sinclair (COPE-NC) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs:
Whether her department has been informed of a media report (details
furnished) that refuse and waste of an abattoir on the Correctional
Services facility at Groenpunt Prison next to the Vaal River near Parys is
alleged to being dumped in the river; if not, what is the position in this
regard; if so, what steps have been taken to remedy the situation?
Mr K A Sinclair (COPE-NC)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
292. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
The Department has not been informed of the media reports that refuse and
waste of an abattoir on the Correctional Services facility at Groenpunt
Prison is being dumped in the river. The Department is unable to indicate
its position at this stage as there was no investigation conducted to
verify the media reports.
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