Starlink wait set to drag on as Icasa flags legal hurdle

Communications regulator Icasa has formally signalled that it cannot give full effect to communications minister Solly Malatsi’s December 2025 policy direction on broad-based black economic empowerment without an amendment to the Electronic Communications Act (ECA).

In a brief media statement on Wednesday, the regulator said it had communicated its position to the ministry and remained committed to advancing transformation in the sectors it regulates. But it set a clear limit on what it can do under the current law.

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