National Community Radio Forum

NGO

A sustainable and independent community radio sector in South Africa builds grassroots democracy by mobilising all communities to engage in their own development (and enables the expression of the diverse voices of civil society) through access to the airwaves and participation in the programming of radio stations.

The NCRF is a national, membership-driven association of community radio stations and support service organizations. Radio station members are independent non-profit CBOs - owned and run by diverse local communities who actively participate in the development of programming activities for sustainable non-discriminatory local development. Our work is to build an enabling environment and a coherent sector identity, ensuring continued healthy growth of community radio in South Africa. We do this by: Monitoring implementation of sector standards and Providing information and advice to members.