. While the Committee welcomed the presentation and the progress made, there were concerns that women were not adequately represented particularly at senior management level. . There was lack of clarity regarding the recruitment of learners who were brought in to do learnership programmes. The Committee would have wanted to know more about where the learners came from, including the terms of the contracts they signed. . There were concerns from the Community regarding rehabilitation of the environment. Some Community members complained that they were made to drink contaminated water as a result of mining activities. . Some residents had raised concerns that their residential homes had developed cracks due to mining related activities and they were not receiving any compensation. . The committee was critical in the manner in which some of the achievements on the Social and Labour Plans had reflected work done before 2009 and yet Bokoni Platinum Mine started operating in 2009. . A general concern of disregard to the plight of the disabled was a cause of concern. . The Community had raised a concern that levels of HIV were rising due to contracted labour from outside the local communities. . The state of a breakdown of relationship and the use of courts and the premier's office to resolve conflict was deemed regrettable. . The rehabilitation plans had not been properly explained to the committee and there were valid environmental concerns emanating from life after closure of the mine. . The figures reflecting the number of foreign nationals hired seemed too high and questions were raised as to whether labour laws were observed in hiring such a seemingly large contingent of foreign labour.