SOUTH Africa’s Communications Ministry says its top priority is to ensure the telecoms regulator ICASA is properly funded so it can effectively police the fast-growing sector. Communications Director-General Andile Ngcaba told a parliamentary committee meeting the ministry was in talks with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and the national treasury on a larger budget for the regulator. Ngcaba gave no figures on a possible budget for ICASA, which has seen its staff leave in droves to jobs in the private sector, where they are paid more. Analysts say that ICASA – which took over from the troubled South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SATRA) last year – has not yet proved itself. – Reuters
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