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DA Gauteng demands immediate action on sinkhole crisis [SOUND]

# The DA in Gauteng is demanding that the sinkhole task team, which was supposed to be launched at the end of June, be established immediately. The province is vulnerable to sinkholes because it is made up of 35-percent dolomite, making the land in the area a disaster waiting to happen. The City of Tshwane alone has 35 sinkholes. The DA’s Nicole Van Dyk says the sinkhole problem is further exacerbated by illegal mining:

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