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Asbestos scandal: Not all Free State households have been informed of dangers lurking in their roofs

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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.

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Not all Free State households affected by the R255 million asbestos roofing scandal have been informed of the dangers lurking in their roofs.

That is according to Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu's parliamentary reply, released last month, to IFP MP Xolani Ngwezi's question as to whether the affected families had been informed of the health hazards on their roofs.

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