Question NW3128 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Yako, Ms Y to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

With regard to the dried-up slurry that is dumped and heaped close to the residential areas around the power plants in Lephalale, which must be causing health hazards for the communities during windy seasons, what steps has her department, in collaboration with Eskom, taken to manage the spread of deadly fine particles that get swept into the surrounding communities?