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Bridging digital divide, ICASA has provincial campaign

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will run provincial campaigns 15-28 March 2012 under the theme 'Advance the Building of a Digital Society, Reach out and Bridge the Digital Divide.' This is its celebration of World Consumer Rights Day on 15 March 2012.
Bridging digital divide, ICASA has provincial campaign

Its objectives are to provide:

  • a platform for communities to engage with the authority and the licensees on access to communication services
  • a platform for licensees to update communities about their vision on universal service and access to communications services
  • a platform for the authority to update communities on the regulation of ICT sector
  • an opportunity for consumers to lodge their complaints with the authority at the campaigns

Schedule

15 March 2012 - Botshabelo, Free State
16 March 2012 - Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga; Nkonkobe, Eastern Cape and Bongolethu Township, Oudtshoorn
19 March 2012 - Mafefe, Limpopo
20 March 2012 - Umzumbe, Kwazulu-Natal
23 March 2012 - Maboloka, North West and Kuruman, Northern Cape
28 March 2012 - Carletonville, Gauteng

For more, email Thenjiwe Dube az.gro.asaci@ebudt.

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