A shift in technology, along with a healthy dose of pragmatism and a dash of humility, might just do the trick.
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Communications minister Solly Malatsi has been ordered not to switch off analogue television broadcasts on 31 March.
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says it wants to see accountability over South Africa’s digital migration project.
Media industry lobby groups have warned that a premature analogue switch-off will “devastate” free-to-air broadcasting.
E.tv’s litigation seeking to stop analogue switch-off has little to do with protecing the poor, communications minister Solly Malatsi’s legal team has claimed.
Removing ad valorem duties is a first step, but more work needs to be done to bridge the affordability gap.
South Africa’s big operators have lauded the announcement that luxury duties on basic smartphones will be scrapped.
Government will remove the luxury excise duty on basic smartphones from 1 April, ahead of the shutdown of 2G and 3G networks.
Government is reviewing the Post Office’s list of reserved services with a view potentially to liberalising the sector.
Elon Musk has drawn an angry response for claiming Starlink is “not allowed to operate in South Africa because I’m not black”.