A councilor with the Independent Broadcasting Authority of South Africa will address the public today in the University Museum Auditorium.

Lyndall Franisa Shope-Mafole is scheduled to speak on the topic New South Africa:Challenges of a National Unity Democracy at 2 p.m., associate dean of the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts Bill Elliott.

Shope-Mafole said she plans to discuss not only the challenges the new South African government faces, but also the challenges the country as a whole faces.

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I want to discuss the challenges all of South Africa faces and the role of broadcasting in making sure it works out, she said.

Elliott said she is in the United States to look at the the FCC model to see how it develops its regulations, so that this knowledge can be applied to electronic media in South Africa.

I want to see how the media is regulated, so that we can try to implement a similar structure in South Africa, she said.

Shope-Mafole has been in the United States two weeks, during which she has had the opportunity to meet with a lot of VIP’s.

I’ve had a very good time visiting with a wide variety of very important people, she said. I’ve had the opportunity to meet with the commissioner of the FCC, and people in senior positions in the movie industry such as Disney, Paramount Pictures, and Fox-TV. It’s been a learning visit.