Deputy Speaker, the amount of R5 million is to be rolled over for the rehabilitation of derelict and ownerless mines. According to the latest Auditor-General's report, the total outstanding liability amounts to R50 billion. That is a thousand times the required roll-over amount. With acid mine drainage levels rising between 0,5 and 0,9 metres per day in underground Witwatersrand mines, and severe historical environmental damage which, to date, has not been addressed, only 0,01% of the total amount required for rehabilitation is to be rolled over.
The question is: What steps are the hon Minister and the interministerial committee taking to deal effectively with the issue of unrehabilitated mines in order to prevent the increasing threat of acid mine drainage and unrehabilitated mines to the population? I thank you.