THE South African government said on Sunday it would release its long-delayed final telecoms policy directives on Thursday which would cover the ”diverse views and needs” of all South Africans. In an advertisement in Sunday newspapers, the Department of Communications invited all stakeholders to attend the launch of the directives at 0800 GMT on Thursday. They were originally due to be released at the end of May, and then the end of June. The policy is key to the planned listing of phone utility Telkom in November — the country’s biggest privatisation effort so far — and the opening up of the telecoms market to competition from next May. – Reuters
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