ICASA: What a joke

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 11 July 2006

ICASA, the so-called ‘Independent Communications Authority of SA’, has finally proven to be better off joining the nearest circus instead of trying to regulate the South African communications sector in regard to broadcasting and telecommunications services.

The chairperson of ICASA, Paris Mashile, has according to the minutes of the June council meeting contacted the NIA (National Intelligence Agency) “to conduct an investigation on the leaks at Icasa”. The investigation was requested after the Mail & Guardian for one highlighted the reasons behind the mass exodus of senior managers at ICASA earlier this year. The NIA is of course denying any involvement or receiving such a request but ICASA confirmed that its council has taken a decision to call in the NIA because “leaks of confidential information could threaten the multibillion-rand industries it regulates as well as the economic stability of the country” (Lloyd Gedye).

It’s really a shame when someone clearly can’t take responsibility for his/her actions and needs to get the NIA involved in a matter where pathetic governance is really the issue. What a bunch of losers. The best of all is that they are wasting your money pretending to be decent.

Our advice to the losers at ICASA: Close the doors and join some political party instead. You will save us money because then we don’t have to pay twice for the same pathetic ‘entertainment’ and can at least indirectly pay less for telecommunication services.