People who showed up this morning for the public hearings on channel 65 (spectrum 830-822MHz) at the Independent Communications Authority of SA`s (ICASA`s) offices were informed the hearings had been postponed until further notice.
According to Government Gazette number 28763, published on 20 April and available on ICASA`s Web site until this morning, the hearings were scheduled to take place on 2 and 3 May.
However, an ICASA staff member notes that a subsequent notice, which was published in Government Gazette number 28774 on 24 April, indicated incorrectly that the hearings were postponed to 6 and 7 July.
"The July dates are wrong and a third notice will be published in the gazette to give the correct dates," he says.
Juby Matlou, an ICASA spokesperson who also thought the hearings would take place this morning, was unable to provide further information regarding the postponement of the hearings.
"I don`t know why the hearings were postponed and council has not yet communicated the new date to me," he says.
The aim of the hearings is for ICASA to give due consideration to verbal presentations on whether channel 65 should be reallocated for non-broadcasting purposes.
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