ARLA/CLUSTER: Africa do Sul cancela 34.000 licenças por falta de pagamento.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Urgent notice to all amateur radio licensees

Last weekend, South Africa's regulator ICASA, cancelled over 34,000
radio licenses that have remained unpaid for the past 365 days. This
includes all amateur radio licenses that are unpaid for the past year.

Check that you have paid your license and if you do not have a valid
printed license or an official receipt call ICASA at 011 566 3313 or
011 566 3319 between 08:30 - 16:00 Monday - Friday. If your amateur
license was cancelled, call now and ICASA will re-instate it if you
can prove payment. If you have not paid, do so now using the
information and account number on your last license.

ICASA's finance department did not consult with the licensing
department and simply cancelled all licenses unpaid for 365 days. It
should also be noted that ICASA sends out reminders as a courtesy but
the responsibility remains with the licensee to ensure that the
license is paid up at all times.

The current fee is still R27 and the new license period is from 1
April to 31 March. If you did not pay R6,75 in January for the three
months January to March add that to the R27 in other words pay R33,75.