Question NW383 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Msimang, Prof CT to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Whether, following a suspected gas leak from a certain company (name furnished) and its inhalation at a school and homes in the surrounding area of Richards Bay, where children and adults developed nausea, vomiting, difficulties in breathing with many having collapsed and transported to hospitals and clinics in the Richards Bay and Empangeni areas, her department investigated the incident; if not, why not; if so, what (a) are the results of the investigation, (b) was the impact of the gase leak on the environment and (c) is being done to prevent the incident from happening in the future?