摘要:On 21 April 2006, South Africa's then Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, published Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations in terms of Chapter 5 of the National Environmental Management Act along with lists of activities and competent authorities identified in terms of Sections 24 and 24D of NEMA. In announcing their imminent publication, the Minister pronounced them to be "quicker, simpler, better". This article will examine this statement in the context of the content of the new Regulations and what purports to address the shortcomings perceived in the old Regulations.