TheMinisterresponsiblefortheGovernmentCommunicationand Information System, in cohsultation with the Board of the Media Development and'Diversity Agency and in terms of section 22 of theMediaDevelopmentDiversityAgencyAct(Act 14 of 2002) makes the regulations in the Schedule.
General criteria for selecting community media, small commercial media and research projects.
the likely impact of the project on.
subject to regulation 3(2), the financial sustainability of the project.
the extent of the involvementand participation of the comqunity in the decision-making processes of the project; and be satisfied that any financial surplusgeneratedbytheproject will be reinvested in the media project.
community; and the project's overall performance.
Board may determine conditionsfor support as contemplated in section 17 of the Act.
complete the relevant application form provided by the Agency; and @) provide the Agency with the inionnation requiredin sub-regulation (2).
Anydocumentrequired in terms of sub-regulation (2) must be an originalora certified copy of the original.
For the first financial year of the Agency, the Board must allocate a maximum of35%of the funds as contemplated in section 15(1) of the Act for use as contemplatedin section 15(2)(b) of the Act.
(b) In subsequentfinancialyears of theAgency, theBoardmustallocatea maximum of 25% of the funds as contemplated in section 15(1) of the Act, for use as contemplated in section 15(2)@) of the Act.