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Amidst the 50 or so submissions on the local content quotas there are only two from major recording companies – BMG and Gallo – both of whom state that increased quotas will not necessarily assist the South African music…

Well-regarded Australian radio man John Martin, will jet into Johannesburg this week to join the NAB as it addresses the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) on its review of local content…

The new NAB executive committee has approved a business plan which will see the NAB harnessing its full potential, focusing on efficiency and on becoming more responsive to the members we…

Cabinet has taken a policy decision that the institutional, human resources and financial capacity of ICASA will be strengthened to enable it to maximise the delivery of effective regulatory…

ICASA will be holding public hearings on the local content Discussion Paper in Cape Town, Durban and…

The legal basis allowing for the existence of community of interest radio stations was noted during parliament’s recent community radio hearings.

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ICASA has stated that it will make the first batch of decisions on outstanding non-competitive four-year community radio applications for Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwazulu Natal by the end of April 2001. Decisions will be communicated to…

After serving as NAB chair for two years, Anton Harber has stepped down although he will continue to serve on the NAB`s executive…

Attempts to encourage media development and diversity have the full support of the NAB. But the NAB has noted that the creation of a proposed new agency to carry out these functions may be costly and…

Like radio broadcasters, television channels are also complying with their local content requirements - in some cases, channels are exceeding the quotas asked of them. Television broadcasters spend, on average, one-and-a-half person days a…