Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a well-known fact that there is a power struggle at Eskom at the moment and, as such, there are a whole lot of disinformation campaigns and documents going around like the document here.
In the naivety of not recognising these power struggles and the disinformation campaign, the opposition has been fooled and is gullible enough to give a statement which says that the Medupi power station will lead to irreversible environmental damage and that the power plant will suck up all the water in the area and the surrounding areas, including the Hartbeespoort Dam, etc.
It is my understanding that before any project of this nature can be embarked upon, you would need to do an environmental impact assessment. During the assessment you have experts who'll look at this thing and give an expert opinion. You also have public participation during that process. All I want to ask the hon Minister is that before this Medupi power plant was commissioned, was there EIA approval or not? Thank you. [Applause.]