Pretoria – The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will convene public hearings on the Draft Sports Broadcasting Services Amendment Regulations that were published on 14 December 2018.

ICASA has received thirty-nine (39) written submissions, twenty-eight (28) of which have confirmed their availability for oral representations before the Committee of Council. The public hearings will be held from 27 to 31 May 2019 at African Pride Irene Country Club, Nellmapius Drive, Irene, Centurion from 09h00.

The review of existing regulations is common within the regulatory environment, and this process is no exception. As developments happen and new information come to the fore, ICASA is required to relook into the relevance of its existing regulations and where necessary initiates a process for the review of such regulations.

“ICASA has a clear mandate of regulating in the public interest. Therefore, the draft regulations seek to reiterate and ensure that South Africans have access to a wide range of national sporting events and further reflect and give exposure to minority and developmental sport,” says ICASA Councillor, Palesa Kadi.

ICASA would like to convey its appreciation to all stakeholders who made their submissions to this process.

“Based on the high number of submissions in the history of ICASA, we view this as the epitome of public participation in regulation making. And it is really encouraging to see such interest in our regulatory processes because this helps us to make informed decisions that are indeed in the public interest,” concludes Kadi.

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For all media enquiries please contact:

Paseka Maleka

012 568 3455

079 509 0702

pmaleka@icasa.org.za

schedule of the hearings

Duration: One (1) hour for each presentation with 30 minutes allocated to presentation and 30 minutes for questions.

Day 1: 27 MAY 2019

Day 2: 28 May 2019

Day 3: 29 May 2019

Day 4: 30 May 2019

Day 5: 31 May 2019

Presenters are requested to make available 12 copies of the presentation to panel members.

Any enquiries in relation to this notice must be submitted in writing (e-mail) to:

Ms. Violet Molete

Project Leader

Tel: (011)566 3715

VMolete@icasa.org.za  

OR

Ms. Pumela Cokie

Tel: (012) 568 3693

PCokie@icasa.org.za<