The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Ms Khumbudzo Ntshavheni is visiting the Eastern Cape Province on a one-day monitoring of progress the Department and entities reporting to it have made in connecting the beneficiary households to digital television.
On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 she will be in Ntabankulu Local Municipality within the Alfred Nzo District Municipality. The visit will include a door-to-door visit to households of Set-top-boxes beneficiaries in Bonxa and Zulu Villages. This is part of progress assessment towards the final switch-off from analogue to digital transmitters on the 30th of June 2022 and ensuring that all deserving beneficiaries are connected.
Households with a monthly income of R3 500 or less who still rely on analogue transmission for television are still encouraged to visit their nearest post offices to apply or register online by visiting www.stbregistration.gov.za to receive the free government decoder and installation. The Department has committed to connect all applicants who applied by 31 October 2021 before the analogue switch-off date of 30 June 2022. Applicants that applied after 31 October 2021 will be connected before the end of September.
Details of the visit are as follows:
Date: 10 May 2022
Time: 10h00 – 15h00
Venue: Eastern Cape, Ntabankulu Local Municipality (Bonxa and Zulu Villages)
Enquiries:
Tlangelani Manganyi
Cell: 060 886 4670
E-mail: Media@DCDT.gov.za
