SUBMISSION BY LIZ BURROUGHS: NEMA AMENDMENT BILL
Dear
Ms Kakaza,
I would like to take this opportunity to indicate that I, as an ordinary South
African, wish through this not to you, to voice my concern to the relevant
Portfolio Committee regarding the proposed amendments to the NEMA Act, since
the amendments affect South Africans' basic Constitutional rights to a safe and
healthy environment. Allowing the Minister to waive the need for any form of
Environmental Impact Assessment, especially in the absence of any form of
guideline or regulation in this matter, seems to open up the possibility of
developments which are not in the interests of the people most likely to be
affected by the impact of those developments.
1 therefore add my voice to those of others who really
think that these proposed amendments are not in the long-term interests of
Yours sincerely,
Elizabeth Burroughs
Manager: Research and Development Umalusi