Editing Community radio (section)

===South Africa===
{{main|Community radio in South Africa}}
Shortly after the end of [[World War II]], the country's repressive state policies gave the SABC ([[South African Broadcasting Corporation]]) an effective monopoly. For nearly half a century it was the only broadcaster permitted to operate, and faced no independent radio competition on South African territory until the early 1990s' transition to democracy. The first legally permitted, non-SABC broadcast was that of 1991's "Festival Radio" from the campus radio studios at [[Rhodes University]] in [[Grahamstown]]. An Independent Broadcast Authority was created to oversee the opening of the country's airwaves, with small community radio stations being permitted to broadcast for the first time. Applications were discussed in open session, to ensure transparency and accountability. Notable early community broadcasters included [[Bush Radio (South Africa)|Bush Radio]] in [[Cape Town]] and Radio Unitra in [[Umtata]]. The Independent Communications Authority ([[ICASA]]) now regulates ({{as of|2011|lc=y}}) the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors.