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Public Protector findings on SAPO vindicate our complaints to ICASA
by Chris Yelland, EE Publishers
The investigation and report by the Public Protector into allegations of corruption, maladministration and misconduct by the management of the South African Post Office (SAPO) was published on 23 February 2016. The findings vindicate the formal complaints lodged against SAPO by publishers with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).
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Public ProtectorThuli Madonsela
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After the complaint was lodged on 11 December 2014, and a long process of apparent stone-walling and delays by SAPO management, the matter was finally heard by ICASA's Complaints and Compliance Committee (CCC) on 2 July 2015, and then again on 5 November 2015. But the CCC has still not released its findings some 14 months after the complaint was lodged.
It is hoped that ICASA will take note of the Public Protector's investigation, report and findings in reaching its conclusion on the complaints against SAPO by magazine publishers in South Africa, and that this will give ICASA the confidence to act to protect the interests of the public against the failures of its licensee to meet its license obligations. The complainants are asking ICASA, as regulator, to review SAPO's failure to meet its license conditions during massive labour unrest and strikes by the SAPO workforce in 2014, taking into account the resulting financial and other damages to the magazine publishing industry, and to sanction SAPO accordingly. The SAPO legal team argued in defense of SAPO that the strike actions had made due performance of SAPO's license conditions impossible. This argument was rejected by the legal team of the complainants, who presented case law which showed that the argument of impossibility (i.e. force majeure, or "an act of God") does not and cannot apply in respect of SAPO's obligations, and even if applicable, could not be relied upon as a defense when the cause of the claimed impossibility is, in fact, self-inflicted... ( more)
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Invitation
Power & Electricity World Africa 2016
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International investment in PV South Africa: New data & PV financing case study
28% of the ZAR 192,6-billion ($14,08-billion) invested under the South African REIPPP programme came from international investors, according to International Investment in the South African Renewable Energy Industry. So where did it come from - and how can you attract further international investment to procure and develop your PV projects?
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Project director, New Energy Update
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Announcement
South African Electronics Industry Expo 2016
The SAEI Expo 2016 will encompass a wealth of conferences and seminars bringing together the likes of B2B, IoT, connectivity, LED lighting, automotive, metering, military, industrial and communications technologies.
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