Hon House Chair, I appreciate the question from the hon member Kganare. Under normal circumstances I would answer his question by saying, no, I am not aware, or I have not been informed, of any whistle-blowers. That is because otherwise I would have to go and search all over for this information, as the hon member's question was not clear. However, because I have done some homework, I hope that my answer will satisfy the hon member.
Yes, I am aware of a particular case in the Free State where two people employed by Bloem Water were dismissed from work after they had informed us of certain anomalies in the running of the affairs of Bloem Water. We then instituted an investigation to determine what had happened and what had led to that, and to follow the case very closely in order for us to be able to determine what should happen to these employees.
It should also be noted that this is not the normal procedure to be followed, given our labour laws in this country. However, we detected that this was a case where there was the potential for these people to be fired because of their being whistle-blowers, and for this reason we are following it up. Thank you.