Goodbye DStv — What South Africans are ditching in tough times

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Goodbye DStv — What South Africans are ditching in tough times
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DStv is among the biggest casualties of household budget-cutting as South Africans battle to make ends meet in a struggling economy.

DStv is among the biggest casualties of household budget-cutting exercises as South Africans battle to make ends meet in a struggling economy., which asked 300 nationally-representative consumers what policies or contracts they had cancelled over the past six months.

18% of the participants in InfoQuest’s survey — working out to about 54 people — said they terminated their DStv subscriptions. InfoQuest operations director Claire Heckrath cautioned that households should carefully consider the potential implications of terminating these products. The chart below shows the percentage of various products and services cancelled by the consumers surveyed by InfoQuest.

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