Draft Policy Direction on Matters Relevant to Electronic Communications Network Deployment Pursuant to the National Policy on Rapid Deployment of Electronic Communications Networks and Facilities, 2023

The Draft Policy Direction on Matters Relevant to Electronic Communications Network Deployment Pursuant to the National Policy on Rapid Deployment of Electronic Communications Networks and Facilities, 2023 has been published in Government Gazette No. 54314 of 12 March 2026, for public comment. "The objectives of this draft policy direction are to give effect to existing national and sector policy pertaining to access required to and use of land, both public and private, to facilitate the rollout of nationwide affordable high-speed broadband networks. The draft policy direction requests the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (“the Authority”) to consider amendments to the Facilities Leasing Regulations, 2010, and to develop Rapid Deployment Regulations for this purpose."