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[31 March 2025] ICASA has published its annual notice requiring ECS and ECNS licensees to submit their annual forecast of licence fees and USAF contributions (i.e. what they forecast they will pay to ICASA in respect of their 2024/25 financial year).

In addition, licensees must also submit “a trial balance; detailed management accounts and or draft financial statements; and a calculation of the Annual Licence Fees (ALF) and Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) contribution.”

ICASA notice – Submission of ALF and USAF for FY 2024/2025

The notice refers to Licensees whose financial year ends between October 2024 and the end of  March 2025.

The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2025, and the reports and documentation are to be sent to:

Ms Keitumetse Setshedi
Manager: ECS/ECNS Compliance
By e-mail: ecsecns.compliance@icasa.org.za

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[26 February 2024] ICASA has published its annual notice requiring licensees to submit their annual forecast of licence fees and USAF contributions. In addition, licensees must also submit “a trial balance; detailed management accounts and or draft financial statements; and a calculation of the Annual Licence Fees (ALF) and Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) contribution.”

ICASA notice – Submission of ALF and USAF for FY 2023/2024

The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2024, and the reports and documentation are to be sent to:

Ms Keitumetse Setshedi
Manager: ECS/ECNS Compliance
By e-mail: ecsecns.compliance@icasa.org.za

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[10 February 2023] ICASA has published its annual notice requiring licensees to submit their annual forecast of licence fees and USAF contributions. In addition, licensees must submit “a trial balance or detailed management accounts and reconciliations of the trial balance; and a calculation of the forecast of the licence fees and Universal Service and Access Fund contribution.”

The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2023, and the reports and documentation are to be sent to:

Attention: Ms Keitumetse Setshedi
Manager: ECS/ECNS Compliance
By e-mail: Ecsecns.compliance@icasa.org.za

Notice: Annual forecast of licence fees and USAF contributions

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[13 April 2022] ICASA has published its annual notice requiring licensees to submit their annual forecast of licence fees and USAF contributions. In addition, licensees must submit “a trial balance; detailed management accounts and reconciliations of the trial balance; and a calculation of the forecast of the licence fees and Universal Service and Access Fund contribution.” Licensees who are not yet operational are required to submit the specified documentation to confirm this.

Note that due to the Government Printing Works suffering a hardware failure, this notice was not published on the usual platforms and was received directly from ICASA.

The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2022, and the reports and documentation are to be sent to:

Attention: Ms Keitumetse Setshedi

Manager: ECS/ECNS Compliance

Email: Ecsecns.compliance@icasa.org.za; KSetshedi@icasa.org.za.

ICASA Notice: Submission of annual forecast of licence fees and universal service and access fund contributions for 2021/2022

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[30 March 2021] ICASA has published its annual notice requiring licensees to submit their annual forecast of licence fees and USAF contributions. In addition, licensees must also submit “a trial balance; detailed management accounts and reconciliations of the trial balance; and a calculation of the forecast of the licence fees and Universal Service and Access Fund contribution”. Licensees who are not yet operational are required to submit the specified documentation to confirm this.

The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2021, and the reports and documentation are to be sent to:

Attention: Ms Keitumetse Setshedi / Manager: ECS/ECNS Compliance / Email:  Ecsecns.compliance@icasa.org.za

ICASA Notice: Submission of annual forecast of licence fees and universal service and access fund contributions for 2020/2021

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[3 March 2020] ICASA has published its annual notice requiring licensees to submit their annual forecast of licence fees and USAF contributions. In addition, licensees must also submit “a trial balance; detailed management accounts and reconciliations between the trial balance, management accounts”. Licensees who are not yet operational are required to submit the specified documentation to confirm this.

The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2020, and the reports and documentation are to be sent to EcsEcns.Compliance@icasa.org.za.

ICASA Notice on Licence Fee Forecasts 2020

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[15 March 2019] ICASA has published a notice in the Government Gazette on 15 March noting that certain licensees are required to submit an annual forecast of licence fees using the format in Schedule 3(1), on or before 30 April 2019. ICASA requires that each licensee with a financial year ending in October, November, December, January, February and March submit an annual forecast of licence fees and the Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) contribution.

In addition, these licensees must also submit a trial balance; detailed management accounts and reconciliations between the trial balance, management accounts and a calculation of the forecast of the licence fees and USAF contribution.

Where a licensee is no longer operational it must submit a letter to ICASA indicating it has not commenced operations.

ICASA Notice on Licence Fee Forecasts (April 2019)

Every Broadcasting service and ECS/ECNS licensee must submit on or before 30 April 2019, the information referred to in the above notice as follows:

Broadcasting:

ATTENTION: Ms Busi Mashigo

Email: bmashigo@icasa.org.za

ECS/ECNS:

ATTENTION: Ms Keitumetse Setshedi

Email: Ecsecns.compliance@icasa.org.za

Any licensee, who fail to submit the requisite information by the deadline referred to above, will be deemed non-compliant and liable to appear before the Compliance and Complaints Committee (“CCC”) of the Authority, for adjudication. A possible fine may be imposed as penalty, if found guilty of non-compliance.

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[10 April 2017] ICASA has published a notice in the Government Gazette on 7 April 2017 noting that certain licensees are required to submit an annual forecast of licence fees using the format in Schedule 3(1), on or before 30 April 2017. ICASA requires that each licensee with a financial year ending in October, November, December, January, February and March submit an annual forecast of licence fees and the Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) contribution.

In addition, these licensees must also submit a trial balance; detailed management accounts and reconciliations between the trial balance, management accounts and a calculation of the forecast of the licence fees and USAF contribution.

Where a licensee is no longer operational it must submit a letter to ICASA indicating it has not commenced operations.

Form for financial forecast submission

ICASA Notice on Licence Fee Forecasts (April 2017)

Every Broadcasting service and ECS/ECNS licensee must submit on or before 30 April 2017, the information referred to in this notice as follows:

Broadcasting:

ATTENTION: Ms Fikile Hlongwane

Email: FHiongwane@icasa.org.za

ECS/ECNS:

ATTENTION: Mr Moyeni Nkosinkulu

Email: Ecsecns.compliance@icasa.org.za

Any licensee, who fail to submit the requisite information by the deadline referred to above, will be deemed non-compliant and liable to appear before the Compliance and Complaints Committee (“CCC”) of the Authority, for adjudication. A possible fine may be imposed as penalty, if found guilty of non-compliance.

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[21 April 2015] ICASA  published a notice in the Government Gazette on 20 April 2015 noting that certain licensees are required to submit an annual forecast of licence fees using the format in Schedule 3(1), on or before the end of April every year. ICASA requires that each licensee with a financial year ending in October, November, December, January, February and March submit an annual forecast of licence fees and the Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) contribution.

In addition, these licensees must also submit a trial balance; detailed management accounts and reconciliations between the trial balance, management accounts and a calculation of the forecast of the licence fees and USAF contribution.

Where a licensee is no longer operational it must submit a letter to ICASA indicating it has not commenced operations.

Form for financial forecast submission

ICASA Notice on Licence Fee Forecasts (April 2015)

Every Broadcasting service and ECS/ECNS licensee must submit on or before 30 April 2015, the information referred to in this notice as follows:

ATTENTION: Mr Godfree Maulana

Email: Ecsecns.compliance@icasa.org.za

Any licensee, who fail to submit the requisite information by the deadline referred to above, will be deemed non-compliant and liable to appear before the Compliance and Complaints Committee (“CCC”) of the Authority, for adjudication. A possible fine may be imposed as penalty, if found guilty of non-compliance.