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            <description><![CDATA[To repeal the Broadcasting Act, 1976 (Act No. 73 of 1976), so as to establish a new broadcasting policy for the Republic; to amend certain provisions of the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Broadcasting Act, 1976, in order to reduce the membership of the Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation; and to provide that the proceeds of the sale of regional radio stations be paid into the National Revenue Fund.
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Broadcasting Act, 1976, so as to reduce the membership of the Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation; to expressly provide that the Board only controls the affairs of the Corporation and that the Director-General manages those affairs; to effect a correction in the English text; and to provide for incidental matters.
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            <description><![CDATA[To provide for the rationalisation of the Department of Communications; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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            <description><![CDATA[ To promote convergence in the broadcasting, broadcasting signal distribution and telecommunications sectors and to provide the legal framework for convergence of these sectors; to make new provision for the regulation of electronic communications services, electronic communications network services and broadcasting services; to provide for the granting of new licences and new social obligations; to provide for the control of the radio frequency spectrum; to provide for the continued existence of the Universal Service Agency and the Universal ServiceFund; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
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