The committee was concerned about the RDP houses that had recently been established around the dam. The community drank and baptised from acidic mine water. The population groups around the area were said to be vulnerable, poor, uninformed and therefore needed to be 'workshopped' on a regular basis on the dangers of the acid mine water. The main pollutants are suspected to be acidic water and associated toxic metals arising from oxidation of sulphides such as iron sulphide. Two children had recently drowned in two pollution control dams and this was due to the dams not being fenced off. Enforcing the fencing of mine dams should be undertaken by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR).