Thank you for the reply, Minister. Minister, the Vaal River is one of 82% of this country's rivers that has been polluted by 84% of wastewater treatment works in this country, which are dumping 4,2 million litres of sewage in our rivers everyday. Minister, what are you going to do to stop this? When are you going to use the use-it or lose-it principle and take away the responsibility of municipalities that are polluting our rivers? [Interjections.]
The MINISTER OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, WATER AND SANITATION: As we
indicated, we have taken steps against Inxuba Yethemba Municipality because municipalities have the responsibility to make sure that our rivers remain clear and we are able to utilise them. I had a discussion with my legal adviser this morning to find out why we are not using the same measure to take Sedibeng Municipality to court, and I was informed that the reason we cannot do that is because Emfuleni Municipality came to us to ask for assistance because they did not have the necessary resources. We continued to give out information about what it is that we expect our municipalities to do to preserve our water so that we don't have the crisis that we have right now. We will use the media and we will continue educating our municipalities about their responsibilities. Thank you.