ICT-related South African Government Documents
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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
- Transfer of administration of ICASA Act and EC Act to MoC and MoTaPS
- Transfer of administration of the Broadband Infraco Act, 26 September 2014
- Transfer of Administration entrusted by Legislation to Cabinet Members, 15 July 2014
- 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 Public Works and Infrastructure
- Report of the Presidential Commission on the 4th Industrial Revolution, 23 October 2020
- Presidential Commission on Fourth Industrial Revolution, 9 April 2019
- 2016-17 Annual Report
- Amendment of Electronic Communications Directions in terms of the Disaster Management Act Regulations, 8 May 2020
- Appointment of ICASA Councilors, Rueben Mohlaloga as Chairperson, Thandeka Simane and Nominee Gongxeka-Seope, 29 Dec 2017
- Appointment of ICASA Councilors, Bontlenyana Mokhele, Peter Zimri, Keabetswe Modimoeng, and Paris Mashile, 29 March 2016
- Declaration of the Performance Period and Start of the Dual Illumination Period, 1 Feb 2016
- Second Digital Dividend Final Report and Implementation Plan, re release of 700 MHz spectrum
- Outline of the ICT Policy Review Process, 2013
- Appointment of ICT Policy Review Panel, 10 Dec 2012
- Strategic Plan for the fiscal years 2012-2017 and Annual Performance Plan for the fiscal year 1012-2013
- 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
- Strategic Plan 2011-2014
- 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
- Community TV Policy Workshop, 24-26 May, 2010
- Local Content Summit, 6-7 May 2010
- Minister's Budget Speech, 20 April 2010
- 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
- Media release announcing agreement reached with mobile providers to reduce call termination rates
- 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
- Intellectual Property Policy: Phase I, June 2018
- Codes of Good Practice on BBBEE, 7 Nov 2016
- Copyright Review Commission Report (2011)
- ICT Sector Charter as a Code of Good Practice on BBBEE, 6 June 2012
- 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
Department of Science and Technology
- White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation, March 2019
- Final Report of the Ministerial Review Committee on the Science, Technology and Innovation Landscape in SA, 31 May 2012
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
- Conclusion of the Inquiry into Priority Markets in the Electronic Communications Sector, 17 August 2018
- Discussion Document to Identify Priority Markets in the Electronic Communications Sector - comment due 25 April 2018
- Inquiry to define markets and identify priority markets, published 30 June 2017 - comment is due 1 September 2017 - Comment due date extended to 10 October 2017
- Guidelines for Confidentiality Requests, 17 August 3018
- Findings Document on the Regulatory Framework on Electronic Communications Infrastructure Sharing, 2016
- Report on Compliance Inspections relating to the Code of Conduct Regulations, 2007
- List of class licences, 8 September 2017
- Decision in the application for transfer of iECNS/iECS licences from Rigel Services to Global Platinum Solutions
- Moratorium on applications for class community sound broadcasting licences
- Approval of transfer of control of Neotel to Vodacom request for comment on proposed conditions, 2 July 2015 - Note: this decision was overturned by the High Court
- Expiry of licences for failure to commence operations
- Agreement between ICASA and the National Consumer Commission, 10 July 2015
- Application to transfer East Coast Radio from Kagiso Broadcasting to KTH Media Investments, Reasons for Decision, April 2015
- Findings Document - Review of Regulation on South Africa Local Content: Television and Radio - Note: draft regulations were not published with the findings document.
- Award of radio licences in Gauteng, Cape Town and Durban. Reasons
- Award of radio licences to Histotrim in the Free State and Histoprox in the Eastern Cape. Reasons
- ITA for sound broadcasting service licences in secondary markets, due 27 June 2012; Notice of applications received, 7 Dec 2012
- Statement on the leasing of ECS/ECNS licences
- Quality of Service Report: Johannesburg and Pretoria, 2013/14 Quarter 1
- Reasons for Decision in the Application for Authorisation of Channels by On Digital Media (Pty) Ltd broadcasting as Top TV, July 2013
- ICASA Final Report: The Review of Broadcasting Regulatory Framework towards a Digitally Converged Environment in South Africa, 25 June 2013
- Findings Document re Wholesale Broadcasting Transmission Services, 7 June 2013; Withdrawal of Findings Document, 3 Oct 2014
- Notice of intention to embark on an inquiry on wholesale transmission services. Notice of Release of Wholesale Transmission Services Questionnaire. Questionnaire. Guideline for Completing Questionnaire
- Submission of Annual Financial Statements, General Licence Fees and USAF Proof of Payment Audit, by Former Vans Licence Holders
- Findings on Review of Universal Service Access Obligations, 10 Sept 2012
- Strategy, 2011-14
- Annual Report, 2011
- Annual Report 2010/2011
- Statement regarding HDI ownership in respect of applications to transfer iECNS and iECS licences
- Notice of Reasons in respect of Applications for Individual Commercial Sound Broadcasting Service Licences in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape Provinces
- Notice of reasons for decision in the transfer application from 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
- 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
- Media Release re exemption in terms of the Consumer Protection Act, 2 June 2011
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Guideline for conducting market reviews, 8 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
- History: Discussion Document, 8 March 2006
- Service licence application forms
- 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.
- Spectrum Licences for Mobile Broadcasting Services
- Reasons for Decisions: Applications for Commercial Satellite and Cable Subscription Broadcasting Licences, Nov 2007; Media release
- 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
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
- Completion of the Data Services Market Inquiry, 6 December 2019
- See this page for background documents
- Working Paper CC2016/04 - Disruptive Technologies in Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Transport
.za Domain Name Authority
- Cleanup Project Plan, 1 June 2020
- Refusal of proposed changes to org.za domain registrations
- 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
- Report, Project 126, Review of the Law of Evidence (electronic evidence), Feb 2019
- Discussion Paper 122, Statutory Law Revision (Legislation administered by the Department of Communications), Project 25, May 2011
- 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
- Position Paper on Crypto Assets, 11 June 2021
- Position Paper on Crypto Assets, 14 April 2020
- Fintech Workshops 3-4 Sept 2019
- Fintech Scoping in South Africa, Oct 2019