South Africa has adjusted its digital migration deadline multiple times, and complete analogue switch-off is now set for 30 June 2022.
South Africa’s digital migration is nearly 11 years behind schedule, with the government missing its initial November 2011 deadline and our commitment to the International Telecommunications Union of 17 July 2015.
Due to incompetence, legal challenges, supply chain management irregularities, collusion, and budget cuts, the project has been delayed multiple times. It has also spanned 12 different ministers. This gave government time to ensure that households reliant on terrestrial TV signals had the necessary equipment to receive the digital broadcast.
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