The road to community radio : local view

In the early 1990s, progressive South African communication activists didn't want the state broadcast propaganda machine to continue to fuel the airwaves and control information. They knew they had to look at other countries to develop the best environment for communication in South Africa. The Jabulani Freedom of the Airwaves Conference, held in Amsterdam in August 1991, laid a foundation for the recognition of three tiers of broadcasting in South Africa, community, commercial and public radio. The conference reinforced the call for an independent authority to regulate broadcasting, and eventually led to the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Act of 1993.