Mr Speaker, there is something that is compounding the situation that the Deputy President has clarified now. In an effort to lending flexibility and freedom of choice to their employees, some mining companies are now paying their workers a monthly sleep-out allowance if they choose to stay out of the single-sex hostels. On the surface, it appears a very good and reasonable thing to do.
However, what seems to be happening now is that some of the miners established secondary homes in the mushrooming informal settlements around Marikana and other mines, to the detriment of their families in the rural areas. Clearly, this is an undesirable and unintended consequence of a good policy decision. Hon Deputy President, how is this phenomenon being factored into the Anti-Poverty Campaign to ensure that the rural families are not further impoverished? Thank you.