There has been no genuine effort to lift black South Africans out of poverty by giving them qualitystate education and technical skills, or to help small businesses grow.
Tang Dagang, director of the Vehicle Emission Control Center, a policy research group also affiliated with the ministry, said pressure increased last year to tighten diesel fuel standards after the State Council, or cabinet, announced stricter air-quality rules.
But one expert said any claim would be complicated by the variations in water quality and the lack of a contamination finding from stateor federal agencies.