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This page provides access to other useful South African government documents, for example, annual reports and relevant media releases.  You may access other government documents on these webpages:  Legislation, Regulations, Pending proceedings, and High Court decisions. 


President

• SABC Board appointments, 22 June 2011
  
• Appointment of Ms Nebo Legoabe to the MDDA board
  
• SABC Board appointments, 18 Dec 2009
  
• State of the Nation Address, 3 June 2009
  
• Cabinet appointments, 10 May 2009

Cabinet

• Decision to approve proposal to issue a temporary mobile TV broadcasting licence to expire two weeks after the 2010 World Cup, 4 Nov 2009
  

Parliament

• Resolution of the Portfolio Committee on Communications on Measures to Reduce Interconnection Rates in South Africa, 15 Sept 2009
• Report of the ad hoc Committee on the Review of Chapter 9 and Associated Institutions, 31 July 2007
  

Department of Communications

• ICT Policy Colloquium Discussion Document, 13 April 2012
  
• Withdrawal of proposed guidelines for the rapid deployment of electronic communications facilities (undersea cables), 11 Aug 2011
  
• Party Election Broadcasts and Political Advertisements During Election Period, April 2011
  
• Appointment of M Socikwa as ICASA Councillor, 1 April 2011
  
• Strategic Plan 2011-2014
  
• Appointment of William Stucke as ICASA Councillor, 14 Feb 2011
  
• Withdrawal of Public Service Broadcasting Bill
• Public Service Broadcasting Bill, Charter for the SABC, and Charter for Community Broadcasting Services.  Comment due date extended
• Discussion Paper, 20 July 2009
• Appointment of Digital Dzonga Advisory Council
  
• Appointment of Independent Selection Panel to recommend persons to be appointed to the .za DNA Board
  
• Appointment of Mr Joseph Morakile Lebooa, Mr William Hamilton Currie, and Ms Ntombizodwa Ndhlovu as ICASA councilors
  
• Appointment of Independent Selection Panel to recommend board members for the .za DNA
  
• Appointment of Dr Stephen Sipho Mncube as Chairperson, ICASA
  
• Community TV Policy Workshop, 24-26 May, 2010
• Local Content Summit, 6-7 May 2010
  
• Minister's Budget Speech, 20 April 2010
  
• Appointment of Francis Vusi Ngcobo to the USAASA board
  
• Statement on Report of the Ministerial Task Team on Sentech and SABC, 4 Feb 2010
• Statement on ICASA's media release re interconnection fees, 3 Feb 2010
  
• ICT Trends and Development, January 2010 Policy Bulletin
  
• Withdrawal of Draft Policy Direction to ICASA in respect of mobile termination rates
  
• Draft Policy Direction to ICASA in respect of mobile termination rates
  
• Appointment of Lebusho Moahlodi as Chairperson, USAASA
  
• Media release announcing agreement reached with mobile providers to reduce call termination rates
  
• Appointment of William Stucke as ICASA councillor, 10 Nov 2009
• Strategy Plan 2009-2012
  
• Results of international peer benchmarking study on the costs to communicate, June 2009
  
• Minister's Budget Speech, 23 June 2009
  
• Recognisation of Internet Service Providers' Association as an industry representative in terms of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 22 May 2009
  

Department of Trade and Industry

• Third Edition-Environmental Implementation Plan, April 2010-March 2014
  
• Government Strategy Towards an Efficient National Technical Regulatory Framework for South Africa, 26 Sept 2006
  
• Information Guide to the Consumer Protection Act
  
• Practice Note 3 from the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office - company registration notices will from 12 March 2009 only be published on the CIPRO website (http://www.cipro.gov.za/2/home/).
• Launch of the National Space Policy

 
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa

• List of class licensees, 2 March 2012
  
  
• Notice of reasons for decision in the transfer application from East Coast Radio to Kagiso Broadcasting
  
• Application for transfer of East Coast Radio to Kagiso Broadcasting
  
  
• Notice of findings published re amendment application for Algoa FM
  
  
• Findings published re Local Loop Unbundling
  
  
• Re-categorization of Medium Wave (MW) Frequencies, 2011 - Reasons for Decision
  
  
• Annual Report 2010/2011
  
  
• Call for submission of annual financial statements and payment of annual fees and USAF contributions, 16 Sept 2011
  
  
• ICASA has called on all ECNS and ECS licensees and broadcasting licensees to submit ownership and control information by 16 Sept 2011

• Suspension of review of Consumer Advisory Panel regulations.  Draft regulations re Consumer Advisory Panel
  
  
• Quality of Service Report: Gauteng, involving MTN, Vodacom and Cell C, June 2011
  
  
• Media Release re exemption in terms of the Consumer Protection Act, 2 June 2011
• Council Committee established to consider exemption in terms of the Consumer Protection Act

• ICASA Corporate Strategy 2011-2014
  

• List of class licensees
  
  
• Abandonement proceeding on bundled subscriber equipment.
• Draft regulations to replace the withdrawn handset subsidies regulations.  Media Release re public hearing.  Postponement of proceeding
  
  
• Additional 3G spectrum licence for Cell C (Pty) Ltd granted
  
  
• ICASA Chairperson and Council's message for 2011
  
  
• Agreement between ICASA and the South African Civil Aviation Authority, 4 Feb 2011
  
  
• Request for information from licences "granted but not issued" in the licence conversion process.  Media Release
  
• Notice listing converted service licences, including "granted but not issued" licences
  
• Reservation of Carrier Pre-Selection access codes, 24 Nov 2010
  
  
• ECNS licences for On Digital Media, e.tv, Walking on Water Television, and Super 5 Media.  Reasons for decisions and for dismissing application of World Space
  
  
• Approval of transfer of KFM to Primedia, 16 Nov 2010
  
  
• 450 MHz - 470 MHz Consolidated Audit Report, May 2010
  
  
• 790 MHz - 862 MHz Consolidated Audit Report, March 2010
  
  
• 2010 FIFA World Cup Quality of Service Report, Aug 2010
  
  
• Media release on the potential impact of the Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act on spectrum licensees
  
  
• Media statement on licensing of community TV stations
  
  
• Media release:  Multichoice and e.tv awarded mobile TV spectrum
• History:  ITA for spectrum licences for Mobile TV.  Media Release.  Previous ITA for spectrum licences for Mobile TV.  Media release
  
  
• Media release:  CCC hearing re Telkom and MTN
  
  
• Notice of CCC hearing re MultiChoice and M-Net ownership
  
  
• Position Paper on IPTV and VOD
• Discussion Document on the regulation of IPTV.  Notice of Hearing
• Withdrawal of ITA for 2.6 and 3.5 GHz spectrum licences.  Media Release
• History:  ITA to individual ECNS licensees for 2.6 GHz spectrum.  Application due date extended; ITA to class ECNS licensees for 3.5 GHz spectrum.  Application due date extended
  
• Number Audit Data Submission, due annually 31 March
  
  
• Reservation of number portability routing codes for internal network usage
  
  
• Reasons for Decision for granting Telkom Media a revised licence after change of shareholding and name
• Press release on the sale of shares in Telkom Media to Shenzen Media South Africa
• Draft approval of sale of shares in Telkom Media
• Moratorium on applications for community television broadcasting licences

• Spectrum Usage and Spare Broadcasting Frequencies list, March 2010

• Guideline for conducting market reviews, 8 March 2010
  
  
• List of class licensees, 3 March 2010
  
  
• Media release refusing to agree to request by cellular licensees to not regulate interconnection rates until 2013; Media release - update; Media release accepting drop in interconnection rates
  

• Findings on the review of 1999 broadcasting advertising regulations, 18 Dec 2009

• Decision in enquiry on use of 5725-5875 MHz for broadband fixed wireless access

• History:  Discussion Document, 8 March 2006
  

• Broadband Infraco (Pty) Ltd iECNS Licence

• Reasons for Decision to deny ECS licence to Broadband Infraco
• History:  Applications for iECNS and iECS licences published for comment;  Policy Direction that preceded the ITA, 6 Feb 2009;  Draft Amendment to Policy Direction, 13 Oct 2009.

• Service licence application forms
• Class licence registration form
  
• Advertisement re security features for spectrum licences
  
  
• ICASA Annual Report 2008/9
  

• ICASA media releases re call termination rates
• 28 Oct 2009 - summary of pending regulatory proceedings
• 23 Oct 2009 - report on secret meetings with licensees
  
• 12 Oct 2009 - report on secret meetings with licensees
• 11 Sept 2009 - report on secret meetings with licensees
• 8 Sept 2009 - announcement of secret meetings with licensees
• Press release stating that geographic number portability for blocks of 1000 numbers or more will be implemented from 18 May 2009

• Vodacom / Vodafone transaction
• Icasa originally decided in April 2009 not to investigate the Vodacom/Vodafone transaction.
  
• ICASA reversed this decision on the eve of the Vodacom JSE listing. 
  
• A court ordered that the transaction and the listing of Vodacom on the JSE could nevertheless proceed on 18 May 2009.  
• ICASA issued a media release on 22 May 2009 accepting the court order.

• 2010 FIFA World Cup and FCC 2009 Guide to Frequency Spectrum Use.  You can find the application forms here.
  

• Determination that after 15 May 2009 all licensees with non-geographic number allocations must issue MSISDNless SIM starter packs 

• Findings Document on the Interpretation of the Definition of Under Serviced Area in the Cell C Licence

• Spectrum Licences for Mobile Broadcasting Services
  
• ITA for radio frequency spectrum licences to provide mobile broadcasting services, 5 Dec 2008
• Withdrawal of ITA
• Cabinet approved a proposal that ICASA temporary mobile television broadcasting licences for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

• Reasons for Decisions:  Applications for Commercial Satellite and Cable Subscription Broadcasting Licences, Nov 2007; Media release
  

• Position Paper on the Review of Ownership and Control of Broadcasting Services and Existing Commercial Sound Broadcasting Licences, 13 Jan 2004

• Discussion Paper on Low Power Sound Broadcasting, 23 Feb 2003
  
  
• Agreement between ICASA and the Competition Commission, 26 Sept 2002
  

• Rulings of the Complaints and Compliance Committee
  

• Compliance Unit of ICASA v Unitra Community Radio
• Super 5 Media Ownership and Control Compliance, 5 Aug 2010
• Super 5 Media Ownership and Control Compliance, 24 June 2010
• SAPO Roll-out and Consumer Care Compliance, 10 March 2010
• Monitoring and Complaints Unit of ICASA v Voice of Tembisa, 9 Feb 2010
• Engineering and Technology Division of ICASA v Internet Solutions, 24 Aug 2009
• Monitoring and Complaints Unit v SAPO, 24 Aug 2009
• Freedom of Expression Institute v South African Broadcasting Corporation, 18 June 2009
• Compliance Unit of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa v Durban Youth Radio, 27 November 2008
• Monitoring and Complaints Unit of ICASA v Imbokodo Community Radio, 20 Oct 2008
• Monitoring and Complaints Unit of ICASA v Kaya FM, 22 Aug 2007
• Monitoring and Complaints Unity of ICASA v Radio Platorand, 22 Aug 2007
• Monitoring and Complaints Unit of ICASA v Rainbow Christian Community Radio, 16 Aug 2007
  
• Monitoring and Complaints Unit of ICASA v Radio Kaboesna, 14 Aug 2007
• Blackenberg v SABC, 14 Aug 2007
• Monitoring and Complaints Unit of ICASA v Chinese Community Radio, 25 July 2007
• Monitoring and Complaints Unit of ICASA v Lentswe Community Radio, 24 July 2007
  
• Monitoring and Complaints Unit of ICASA v Radio Mafisa, 24 July 2007
  

• ICASA Rulings
• Reasons Document:  On Digital Media (Pty) Ltd - Channel Authorization Application
  
• Reasons for Decision:  Amendment of Broadcasting Service Licences for Purposes of Digital Terrestrial Television, 10 Aug 2011
• Reasons for Decision:  Applications for Radio Frequency Spectrum Licence for the Purposes of Providing a Mobile Television Broadcasting Service, 10 Aug 2011
  
• Telkom SA Limited v AT&T Global Network  Services, 21 June 2002 
• Telkom SA Limited v Internet Solutions (Pty) Ltd, 14 June 2002

Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa

• Annual Report 2008/2009
  
  
• Definitions of Universal Service, Universal Access, Under-serviced Area and Needy Persons
• Proposed recommendations re universal service, universal access, under-serviced areas, and needy persons, 15 Aug 2008
• Second draft proposed recommendations, 20 March 2009 
  

Media Development and Diversity Agency

• MDDA Annual Report 2010, media release
  
• Trends of Ownership and Control of Media in South Africa, 15 June 2009
  

Competition Tribunal

• Notifications of Complaint Referrals
• Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd t/a Internet Solutions v Telkom SA Ltd
• Competition Commission v Telkom SA Ltd
  
• Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd t/a Internet Solutions v Telkom SA Ltd
• South African VANS Association and Others v Telkom SA Ltd
  
• Merger Decisions

Competition Commission

• Guideline on Small Merger Notifications, 17 April 2009
  

.za Domain Name Authority

• Refusal of proposed changes to org.za domain registrations
  
• Proposed changes to org.za domain registrations. Comment due date 23 Dec 2009.
  
• The .za DNA has removed certain inactive .za domains from the .za zone file. 
• .za DNA Alternative Dispute Regulation Decisions

 
South African Law Reform Commission

• Privacy and Data Protection Report, 2009
• Report of Protected Disclosures, Nov 2007
  

Institute of Directors in Southern Africa

• King Code of Governance for South Africa 2009
• King Report on Governance for South Africa 2009
  
• King III Practice Notes