Independent Communications Authority of the SA (ICASA) councillor Dr Marcia Socikwa has quit her post at the regulator.
ICASA spokesperson Paseka Maleka this morning confirmed Socikwa resigned from her position on the industry sector regulator's council, effective as of the end of January.
Socikwa completed her undergraduate studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, and postgraduate studies at City University and the University of Stirling, in the UK.
She previously served on national policy review committees and the ICT empowerment charter working group, among others. She also contributed towards projects dedicated to increasing regulatory capacity in the region through a regional body known as Nettel@Africa.
Socikwa presented several papers on a variety of regulatory issues, ranging from interconnection to trade in e-commerce.
The authority's councillor vacancies have been in the headlines lately, with four councillors who were dismissed by communications minister Faith Muthambi last year still not having been replaced by ICASA.
While the multi-step appointment process has yet to start, it is has now almost been four months since controversy erupted over what was seen as Muthambi's premature discharge of former councillors William Currie, Joseph Lebooa, Miki Ndhlovu and William Stucke. The powers that be have been criticised for dragging their feet on filling vacant councillor positions.
Muthambi said last year the departure of the four councillors would in no way affect the smooth functioning and decision-making of the regulator, adding the council quorum was based on the majority of the councillors in office at a given time. With the said councillors' exit and Socikwa's resignation, ICASA's council now has four members.
Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications has set 25 March as the date for interviewing potential replacements for the four ICASA councillors who vacated their seats last year.
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