Dimakatso Qocha is an ICT Policy and Regulatory Specialist. Her career in the ICT sector began in 2004 at Sentech. She was part of the team that contributed to the promulgation of the Electronic Communications Act and the ICASA amendment Act.

She later joined the National Association of Broadcasters as Deputy Executive Director. During her tenure, she was involved in the formulation of broadcasting policy and regulatory submissions to the Regulator and Parliament, that changed the landscape of the industry. She was further instrumental and party to negotiations on needletime royalties between broadcasters and collecting societies.

She previously served as a Non-Executive Director at the Road Accident Fund. Currently, she serves on the board of the National Film and Video Foundation and the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism. She is a member of the Institute of Directors of South Africa.

Dimakatso holds an LLB degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Interpretation and Drafting of Contracts. She was as an admitted Advocate in 2006.

Advocate Qocha’s role at ICASA is to ensure that while fulfilling the mandate of Regulating in the Public Interest, the regulations passed must enable South Africans to meaningfully participate in the ICT ecosystem.