Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has promised to consult with the broadcasting industry about a new analogue switch-off date.
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Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has blamed the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of the Eastern Cape for a delay in the roll-out of digital set-top boxes.
The SABC has apologised to its former head of news, who was dismissed earlier this year, after she was blocked from viewing the SABC News Twitter account.
Shares in eMedia Holdings leapt higher on Wednesday after it said it expected full-year headline earnings per share to jump by as much as 301%.
From electricity to spectrum to water pipes, managers or ministers appointed to fix government services keep running into walls created by decades of neglect.
The SABC has apologised to Khumbudzo Ntshavheni over its media statement last month that criticised her plan to switch off analogue terrestrial television broadcasts by 31 March.
MultiChoice must negotiate a commercial agreement with the SABC to carry the public broadcaster’s channels on DStv, communications regulator Icasa has decided.
Cabinet has announced that South Africa will not migrate from analogue to digital terrestrial television until 2037 – at the earliest.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has been ordered by the high court not to complete analogue television switch-off in South Africa on 31 March as she had planned.
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has threatened to withdraw financial assistance to the SABC after she took umbrage at its criticism of her decision to switch off analogue television broadcasts on 31 March.