Chairperson, I thank the hon Motau for that question. I want to indicate that I have on several occasions interacted with these former employees of Necsa.
I need also to indicate, in regard to the report that you are talking about, that if it is the same report that I know of, these workers were subjected to several examinations by the Department of Health as the responsible authority in this particular matter, but I don't think there is anybody in South Africa who can prevent any individual from seeing the doctor of their choice.
The unfortunate situation is that the reports of those doctors have to be subject to guidelines that are in compliance with what the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, indicates are the requisite levels of exposure.
There are organisations in this country that have been mobilising this community in particular against the South African government and the South African nuclear policy. They are using that as a basis for what they are doing, without necessarily looking into when the events are supposed to have happened.
I need to indicate that I personally had a public meeting with these people at the Atteridgeville open arena and I believe that whatever they raised has been addressed. We also agreed on that day that if they had additional queries, they should come and engage with us.
They would come to these meetings wearing T-shirts that displayed nuclear exposure images and messages about Fukushima. I don't know whether the accident at Fukushima happened in 1980, as they indicated in regard to their own level of exposure.
So, I need to indicate that we have dealt with the matter, but also that Necsa at Pelindaba has been subject to assessment by the National Nuclear Regulator, NNR, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agencies' own assessment mechanism.
Hon Motau, you will remember that this is one area that is always visited by the director-general of the agency himself when he visits South Africa. I believe that had it not been for the challenges of Fukushima, he would have been here in April, and he is still going to come. However, we had the honour of being visited by the assessment team. They also visited Koeberg and you will remember also, because of our seriousness about safety regarding exposure of South Africans, that without any pressure we called on the agency to subject Koeberg itself to a stress test. Thank you.