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ICASA appoints new councillors

Published: 3 June 2010

MyBroadband reports that Communications Minister, Siphiwe Nyanda, has approved the names of four new ICASA councillors.

They are William Currie, Communication and Information Policy Programme Manager for Association for Progressive Communication; Joseph Lebooa, Business Liason Manager with MTN; Ntombela Ndhlovu, GM Stakeholder Management – Corporate Affairs at SABC; and Stephen Mncube, Chairman of Tasima.

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