Question NW1006 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Brink, Mr C to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Whether her department intends to take any action to support and/or compel, if necessary, the Gauteng provincial government to seek the resettlement of informal waste sorters currently operating at the corner of old Johannesburg Road and Wierda Road in Centurion on the banks of Hennops River, who are also polluting this water resource (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, (a) what action will be taken and (b) on what date?