Willington Ngwepe has been appointed as the new CEO of South Africa's broadcasting regulator, Icasa, after he's been acting CEO since early July.
Willington Ngwepe took over from the suspended Pakamile Pongwana who quit in August and left under a could before he could face charges over alleged sexual harassment.
Willington Ngwepe has been the chief operating officer (COO) of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) since September 2014.
"In this role he has been part of the Icasa leadership team that oversaw the implementation of Icasa's organisational realignment in 2015," says the broadcasting regulator.
"The council is excited about the appointment of Willington Ngwepe and we have full confidence in his leadership and management skills," says Paris Mashile, Icasa's acting council chairperson.
"He is indeed the ideal incumbent to usher Icasa into the new phase as we tackle some of the burning issues such as the high cost of data, spectrum-related projects, and so on."
Willington Ngwepe holds a BA (law), LLB and LLM (communications law) degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand as well as LLM (tax) from the University of South Africa.
