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National and Provincial Party Elections Broadcasts and Political Advertisements Amendment Regulations, 2024

Annexures

Annexure A : Principles for airtime allocation in respect of PEBs
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ANNEXURE A

 

PRINCIPLES FOR AIRTIME ALLOCATION  IN  RESPECT OF PEBS

 

The allocation principles in Table 1 below will apply if there are sufficient PEB slots to accommodate all the contesting political parties and independent candidates.

 

Table 1:

 

Basic Allocation

Percentage of slots to be allocated to all political parties and independent candidates contesting seats in the National and Provincial Elections.

60%

Number of Seats Currently Held

Percentage of slots to be allocated according to the number of candidates fielded by political parties and independent candidates at National and Provincial level.

25%

Number of Seats Fielded

Percentage of slots to be allocated to political parties according to seats currently held at National and Provincial level.

15%

 

The allocation principles in Table 2 below will apply if there are insufficient PEB slots to accommodate all the contesting political parties and independent candidates.

 

Table 2:

 

Basic Allocation

Number of slots to be allocated to all political parties and independent candidates contesting seats in the National and Provincial Elections.

Number of Seats Currently Held

Number of slots to be allocated according to the number of candidates fielded by political parties and independent candidates at National and Provincial level.

Number of Seats Fielded

Number of slots to be allocated to political parties according to seats currently held at National and Provincial level.

 

[Annexure A substituted by section 10 of Notice No. 4443, GG50204 dated 26 February 2024]