Amateur radio licence forgeries

Earlier this year, South Africa's regulator ICASA suspended the printing of amateur radio licences on plain paper as some fraudulent licences were printed outside ICASA.

ICASA Management has ordered special paper with security water markings to ensure that any fraudulently printed licenses can be easily identified.

The supply of the special paper is expected within the next two weeks, when all outstanding licenses will be printed and sent out.

ICASA assures all radio amateurs who have passed the RAE, and who have been issued with callsigns, that they may operate, even if they do not have the printed license.