Government’s digital migration project is on schedule

Government’s plan to migrate citizens from analogue to digital television is on track as a total of 572 255 beneficiary households have been migrated from the current total of 1 228 879.

Addressing a media briefing on Wednesday, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said government concluded the analogue Switch-off in the Free-State province at the end of October in accordance with the plan without any TV blackouts.

“This Friday, 26th November 2021, we will complete the switch-off of the last South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) analogue site in the Northern Cape in Upington and I will also visit some television receiving households. We are also on track to conclude the North West in line with the plan,” the Minister said.

In terms of analogue sites switch-off, Sentech has been able to switch off all (84 sites) Multichoice analogue…



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