At a workshop held at Nedlac on 9 November 2004, participants agreed that the final document adopted by the ICT working group in October 2004 will be used as a base document for the finalisation of the ICT BEE charter.
An all-inclusive ICT steering committee comprising representatives from labour, community, ICASA, government and industry representatives from IT, electronics, telecommunications, broadcasting and representative of the working group was established. The ICT working group handed over the finalisation of the charter to the ICT charter steering committee. The ICT charter steering committee is now the authorised decision-making body for all matters affecting the ICT charter and for the finalisation of the charter.
Matters identified by the ICT charter steering committee as needing further deliberation and conclusion included:
* Equity
* Governance and double jeopardy
* Multinationals
* Scorecard and ranking methodology
* Corporate social investment
* Harmonisation of the ICT charter with the Department of Trade and Industry`s proposed Codes of Good Practice
The steering committee has made substantial progress on all the above outstanding issues. The steering committee is confident that an agreement will be reached on a draft ICT charter by the end of March.
The steering committee will finalise consultation with industry stakeholders in April 2005 and thereafter submit it to government for consideration and publication as a sector Code of Good Practice in terms of section nine of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003.
The steering committee expects that the final charter will be in operation by the second half of 2005.
The following individuals are members of the multi-sectoral ICT charter steering committee:
COSATU: Mfanafuthi Sithebe
NACTU: Siphiwe Gangca
Community: Lulama Nare
Community: Ibrahim Steyn
Government: Joe Mjwara (Chair) (DOC)
Government: Lizeka Dlepu (DOC)
Government: Wendy Filtane (DOC)
Government: Jeffrey Ndumo (DTI)
ICASA: Lumko Mtimde
ICASA: Markovitz
Working group: Andile Tlhoaele
Working group: Dali Mpofu
Electronics: Kenny Snyders
Electronics: Roger Dawes
IT: Mthunzi Mdwaba
IT: Thabiso Moerane
Telecommunications: Nkenke Kekana
Telecommunications: Nkateko Nyoka
Broadcasting: Pheladi Gwangwa
Broadcasting: Clarissa Mack
The steering committee has mandated the chairperson of the steering committee, Joe Mjwara, to deal with all external communications regarding the ICT charter process.
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