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Cape Town - The department of mineral resources (DMR) said
on Tuesday it had opened a case with the SA Police Service and was receiving
advice on whether criminal charges could be laid against the liquidators of
Pamodzi Gold, which owned the Grootvlei and Orkney gold mines, or Aurora
Empowerment Systems, which attempted to buy the mines, or both.
This emerged during Tuesday's parliamentary hearings into
the issue of acid mine water drainage on the Western, Central and Eastern
Witwatersrand basins.
"We have laid a criminal charge with the SA Police
Service. The case number is 385/05/201. But the latest information just
received is that we are taking advice on whether we can lay the charges against
the liquidators, or Aurora, or both," a DMR
official told the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources.
The answer was in response to a question by Democratic
Alliance MP Gareth Morgan, who wanted to know what action was being taken as
there was a clear transgression by the operators of the Grootvlei mine, which
pumped acid water into a water course that supplied clean drinking water.
The hearings continue under the chairmanship of ANC MP
Johnny de Lange.