# The ANC Study Group on Communications and Digital Technologies has welcomed the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s response to the policy direction on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. ICASA has formally signalled that it cannot give full effect to Communications minister Solly Malatsi’s December 2025 policy direction on B-BBEE without an amendment to the Electronic Communications Act. The ANC says ICASA has demonstrated that Chapter 9 institutions are capable of withstanding pressure and fulfilling their constitutional obligations with integrity.