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National treasury has allocated R300-million in additional funding to communications regulator Icasa for the 2022/2023 financial year.

allocated R300-million in additional funding to communications regulator Icasa for the 2022/2023 financial year, documents filed with the national budget tabled in parliament on Wednesday show.

The expenditure estimate for the following year then falls back, to R473.9-million in 2023/2024 and R495.2-million in 2024/2025 for an average growth rate from 2021/2022 to 2024/2025 of -0.9%. Additional funding of R300-million in 2022/2023 is earmarked for strengthening regulatory capacity and licensing spectrum

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