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South Africa’s analogue switch-off officially starts

STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS
The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, together with broadcasters, implemented the phased switch-off in the Free State

STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, together with broadcasters, implemented the phased switch-off in the Free State

2nd April 2021

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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The phased switch-off of South Africa’s analogue television transmitters has officially started and will continue province-by-province until the end of March 2022, when the last transmitters will be shut off in Gauteng.

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, together with broadcasters, implemented the phased switch-off in the Free State, starting with Boesmanskop and surrounding towns in the Xhariep district municipality on March 15 and Ladybrand and surrounding towns on March 16.

“The switch-off in each province will be systematic and in phases, moving from one analogue transmitter coverage area to the other, until all district municipalities within the province are completed,” says Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.

According to the project timeline estimations for the phased switch-off of analogue TV transmitters, the Free State was to have been switched off during March, followed by the Northern Cape this month, the North West, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape next month, KwaZulu-Natal in July, the Western Cape in November, Limpopo in December and Gauteng from January 2022.

“The department is collaborating with provincial governments and district municipalities to recruit local installers of government-subsidised decoders to accelerate the implementation of the broadcasting digital migration.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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