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Archive of Public Voice activity:

• 30 November 2006: Response to ICASA Frequency Spectrum Questions
• June 28, 2006: policy: ISOC-ZA established the African RALO together with ISOC Morrocco and ISOC Sudan at ICANN in Marrakech.
• January 19, 2006: ISOC-ZA submits comments to ICASA on the draft ADSL regulations.
• Oct 10, 2005:As agreed at the July 5 forum, anyone may assist us to a obtain multi-stakeholder support. Please see our short statement for endorsement by as many organisations as possible: First draft for comment.
• Sept 15, 2005: What can be done about the high cost of telecoms? Paul Esselaar, Internet Society South African Chapter (ISOC-ZA) talks during the policy day at iweek 2005.
• June 7, 2005: We delivered oral presentations (powerpoint , and speech) to the Parliamentary Communications Committee regarding the pending Convergence Bill.
• April 13, 2005: Oral response to ICASA question document released in January regarding the regulation of adsl.

• April 8, 2005: Response to the Convergence Bill (as introduced in the National Assembly as a section 75 Bill; explanatory summary of Bill published in Government Gazette No. 27294 of 16 February 2005).

• January 17, 2005: Response to ICASA question document released in January regarding the regulation of adsl.

• October 17, 2004: Response to ICASA question document released on October 13 regarding the ministerial determinations of 3 September 2004. Government Gazette 26763, notice 1924 of 2004

• August 24, 2004: ISOC-ZA supports a call for a Bandwidth Indaba

• February 3, 2004: ISOC-ZA response to the draft convergence bill

• 20 May 2002: Representatives of ISOC-ZA were in Cape Town from 14 May 2002 to 17 May 2002 to submit ISOC-ZA's submission on the proposed ECT Bill, as well as to actively participate in the hearings and make an oral submission.

• 23rd March 2001: ISOC-ZA has submitted comments on the SA Government gazetted new Telecommunications Policy Directions.

• The Cape Telecommuniucatiions User Forum (CTUF) was initially formed as a civil society group to participate in telecommunications policy making. Since this was effectively an Internet Society it decided to reestablish itself and join the Internet Society. Details of the six submisssions made by CTUF at http://www.ctuf.za.org