The deadline for South Africa's analogue television switch-off has been extended from December 2024 to March 2025, aiming to ensure indigent households have access to broadcast services. The project has been delayed for 14 years and has cost the government R1.23 billion.
The digital migration project, set by the former communications minister Ivyy Matsepe-Casaburri in December 2010, has been extended from December 31, 2024, to March 31, 2025. The project has been delayed for 14 years, and it has cost the government R1.23 billion. The Minister, Malatsi, secured cabinet support to delay the analogue switch-off and stated the extension would ensure many indigent households could access broadcast services.
However, only a few set-top boxes have been installed since the Constitutional Court order in 2022, a situation that needs to be addressed
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