Post Office Appropriation Act

1. Subject to the provisions of the Post Office Act, 1958 (Act No. 44of1958), and the Telecommunications Act, 1996 (Act No. 103of1996), there are hereby appropriated, as 5 a charge to the Post Office Fund, for the requirements of the Department of Communications, the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and the Universal Service Agency, in re.spect of the financial year ending 31 March 1998, the sums of money set forth in the Schedule. Purposes to which money shall be applied " 2. The money appropriated by section I shall be applied to the purposes set forth in the Schedule and more particularly specified in the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure of the Department of Communications (R.P. 15-1997), as submitted to and approved by Parliament. Limitation on exceeding of certain appropriated amount

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12F(3) and (4) of the Post Office Act, 1958 (Act No. 44 of 1958), an amount appropriated by this Act to provide for personal entertainment may not be exceeded otherwise than in accordance with an authority granted under section l2F(5)(a.) of the Post Office Act, 1958. Short title ...... 4. This Act shall be .. called the Post Office Appropriation Act, 1997. 10 15 20 4 No. 17839 Act No. 2, 1997 GOVERNMENT GAZEITE, 7 MARCH 1997 POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION ACT, 1997 SCHEDULE l: DESCRIPTION'· DEPARTMENT SATRA. '.'. USA . "TOTAL AMOUNT " R R R R SUB ' HEAD ·No: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4

1.S 1.6 _, 1.7. 1.8 1.9 1.10 t· ... . . 2.0 . 2.i · 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.0 .. ·t : . 3~ 1 . 3.2 Operating expenditure Staff expenses .............................................. . Material and services ................... :.;:; ..... ; ... ;:. Acco~Odation .. : .. :~ .......... : ...... :'. .......... .' ..... ; Transport ................. ~:.: .. : .. : .. -............ :.: .. : ..... : International commitments ... , ...................... . Services rendered by other departments of State, successor companies, consultants and agents ........................................................... . Losse~ '.: .. ~.:.:: .: :.:.:!.:: .: ....... : ... : :.:.:.:: ........ :~ .. :. : .. Depreciation of assets .................................. . Financing costs ........................................... '. .. Miscellaneous ....................... : ............ .' ......... . Capital expenditure Electronic support equipment for control of radio activities •..•.. :._. ...... ~ .... :: ... ::.: ................. . Vehicles' ..•. : .... : .. : ........ ;;;.~.:: ...................... ; .... . Office equipment and labour saving devices . Private automatic branch exchange ............. . \ : -/ : • ' • . ' • • ~ ' • • • ' ." • ' ~ : ' . . • • I • l ," ' ! p Withdra"'·al from the Post Office Fund of amounts to. be appropriated .from the . operating surplus . Trarufer to Nation~ Reve~~e 'Fund fo~ a purpose determined by Cabinet .............•...... Africa Telecom ' 98 ................ : .................... .. " . . .. . , . . . '"' . I 3.3 Establishment of SATRA ............................ .. · 3.4 ~: , Establishment of USA'.'·;-......... : ......... :.:. .... . · 3.5 ' " Human Resources Fund contribution· : ......... : 3.6. ' Uitiveraal Service Fund co~tributi~zi .... ~'.! .. ~ .. Transfer to IBA ............................................ :. Transfer to SABC ....................................... .. 3.8 3.7 . 41 274 000 15 572 000 2 601 000 59 447 ()()() .. 748 000 4 015 000 5 007 000 ·. 6.135 000 2 813 000 9 428 ()()() 1 244 000 2 109 000 3 545 ()()() 3 750000 244 000 . 480 000 192 000 3 750 ()()() I . 6 312 000 5 972 ()()() 767 000 . 912000 i .' 62000 .' " : . •.: ·' ' '.49000 8 042 000 1 000 232 000 52000 22000 13 051 000 I 023 000 g'042000 1000 306000 I ' . : ' ' • ' ' ; I 10 353 000 so 000 ' 226 000 ., 310 000 410 000 ' 353 000 > 233 000 350 000 260 ()()() : · ~·· .. ·10353 000 . 586000 . 996000 610 000 . ; . ' ~ . . • -. ' : . .. i •:- . " 55 560000 ' .' 1300000 ... .. " 42 728 000 ,, 5 348 ()()() /3000000 :.,, 3000000 ., ; 33 000000 Ill 292 000 . ~ ; • • {J . . (•-, _,._. 55 560 ()()() . 1 300 ()()() 42 728 ()()() . s 348 ()()() 3 000 ()()() 3 000 ()()() ' 33 OooOOO 111292000 J .... · j . .. 5.0 Withdrawal from the Universal Servi~e Fund - ~~.· · · . .- ._ .. .. ! ' // 5.1 Universal Service Fund contribution .......... .. 3 000 ()()() 3 000000 TOTAL ......................................................................... . 323 297 000 42 728 000 8 348 000 374 373 000 DEPARTMENT: Department of Communications SATRA: USA: South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Universal Service Agency