Icasa publishes new draft regulations for digital TV

Icasa publishes new draft regulations for digital TV

Communications regulator Icasa has published new draft digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting regulations for South Africa, setting out which frequencies will be reserved for public service, commercial free-to-air, subscription and community broadcasting. The draft regulations, published in the Government Gazette last week, will, when gazetted, replace the previous regulations, which were introduced more than a…

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ICT SMEs slam draft transformation policy direction

ICT SMEs slam draft transformation policy direction

The ICT SMME Chamber does not support the proposed changes to the country’s black economic empowerment laws. The ICT SMME Chamber, which represents the interests of small businesses in South Africa, has slammed the proposed changes to the country’s black economic empowerment (BEE) laws. This, after in May, communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi…

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