election broadcasts are to be transmitted
6 February 2006
Johannesburg, - The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
(ICASA) will monitor Party Election Broadcasts (PEBs) and Political
Advertisements (PAs) during the election period for the Local Government
Elections 2006.
ICASA promulgated regulations governing the broadcast of PEBs and PAs by
sound broadcasting licensees during the 2006 Local Government Elections. The
Regulations were promulgated under section 78 (1) of the IBA Act, on 10 January
2006 (Gazette No.28387).
The IBA Act defines a Party Election Broadcast (PEB) as a direct address or
message broadcast free of charge on a broadcasting service and which is
intended or calculated to advance the interests of any particular political
party. PEBs offer each political party contesting the elections an opportunity
to reach a large audience, to send out the message of the partyâs programme and
the partyâs bid for support. The IBA Act permits the broadcasting of PEBs only
during an election period.
The Authority has exclusive responsibility for allocating to contesting
political parties PEB slots on public sound broadcasting services and on any
other commercial or community sound broadcasting licensee choosing to broadcast
PEBs.
The Authority has the right to determine the sequence in which PEBs are to
be transmitted for the entire election broadcast period. The determination is
to be made by the drawing of lots in the presence of an official of the
Independent Electoral Commission (âthe IECâ) designated by the IEC for that
purpose.
The determination of the sequence in which PEBs are to be transmitted and
the drawing of lots will be done tomorrow.
Details are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 7 February 2006
Time: 11h00
Venue: Block B Auditorium, Pinmill Farm, 164 Katherine Street, Sandton,
Johannesburg
For further information please contact:
Vimla Maistry
Tel: (011) 321 8434
Cell: 082 372 0270
Email: vmaistry@icasa.org.za
Issued by: Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
6 February 2006
Source: ICASA (http://www.icasa.org.za)
