Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesElectronic Communications, Postal and Broadcasting Directions5. Interventions |
| 5.1 | Dissemination of Information |
| 5.1.1 | Class and Individual Broadcasting Service Licensees are required to receive and disseminate public information related to the national effort to combat the spread of COVID-19 in all local languages including sign language; |
| 5.1.2 | All Electronic Communications Service Licensees and Electronic Communications Network Service Licensees with access to the radio frequency spectrum are required to make available their platforms for the streaming of public announcements to their customers or subscribers; |
| 5.1.3 | Electronic Communications Services Licensees, OTTs and ISPs that provide linear and non-linear services bears the responsibility to remove fake news related to COVID-19 from their platforms immediately after identified as such. |
| 5.1.4 | All Internet sites operating within .zaDNA top level domain name must have a landing page with a visible link to www.sacoronavirus.co.za. |