South Africa Adopts 5 wpm Full-HF-Access License!
(from The ARRL Letter)

South Africa has approved a full HF-access license plus what it called "a practical based student license"--both requiring a 5 WPM code test.

The new Class A3 ticket--with a distinctive ZT call sign prefix--provides "full license" privileges at up to 100 W output.

The new entry-level Class B license aimed at school-aged youth, requires completing what's called a "modular syllabus"--essentially a construction project that results in a completed station. Licensees will be assigned ZU-prefix call signs and be able to operate at up to 25 W output on selected band segments.

The 12 WPM Morse code requirement remains in place for the Class A1 "full license," which carries the ZS prefix, privileges on all bands and a maximum output of 400 W.