Public Service Broadcasting Bill - call for comments
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 3 Nov, 2009The Department of Communications has, in terms of section 3(1) of the Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005), gazetted the Public Service Broadcasting Bill, Charter of the Corporation and the Charter of Community Broadcasting Services as a process to repeal the Broadcasting Act no.4 of 1999.
Comments can be emailed to Miyelani Khosa at miyelani at doc.gov.za by no later than 7 December 2009
The Bill is here: www.pmg.org.za/bill
The charters are here: www.pmg.org.za/gazettes .
"This is the draft bill to do away with TV licences and dramatically change how public broadcasting is funded in South Africa. " The rest of the story is here.