. The Committee, however, recommends that in order for the agency to fulfil its mandate, GCIS should initiate discussions with National Treasury for the possibility of allocating more funds to the MDDA. . GCIS as a leader of government communications must influence all government departments, municipalities and state entities to contribute a certain percentage of their total budget allocation to communications chief directorates or divisions towards advertising through the community media to ensure long-term sustainability of the sector. Failure to adhere to this will result in an amendment to the MDDA Act to force departments to do so. . The Committee also recommends that the MDDA and ICASA should urgently attend to the issue of tariffs as specified in the MDDA Act. . The Committee also acknowledges the HR financial constraints and therefore recommends that the MDDA conducts a comparative study regarding competitive employees' salaries and benefits from other countries