Minister Faith Muthambi holds digital migration awareness campaign in Bushbuckridge, 30 Oct

Minister of Communications Ms Faith Muthambi takes the migration public awareness campaign to the community of Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga on the 30th of October, 2015. 

Registration of households that are to receive set top boxes has started in the Northern Cape’s Square Kilometre Array (SKA) area, where 192 applications were processed within the first five days. This follows the official launch of the project by Minister Muthambi on the 2nd of October 2015. In the last four weeks about 1 000 qualifying households have registered to receive set-top-boxes that are subsidised by the government. “The household registration for set-top-boxes in the Northern Cape is gaining traction,” said Muthambi, adding that this was a great milestone that the department reached early on in the implementation of the broadcasting migration project.

The Minister will deliver a key note address, outlining why is necessary for the country to move from analogue to a digital television, and economic benefits that are associated with the digital migration.  

The Department of Communications’ stakeholders such as the SABC and the Independent Communications Authority of SA will be present at this event. The South African Post Office, which is the distributing agent for the set-top-box devices on behalf of government, will be onsite on the day to explain the process of registering households that qualify to receive the subsidised set-top-boxes.  

Details for the event:

Venue: Mariti Community Hall, Bushbuckridge
Date: Friday, 30th October, 2015
Time: 10h00

Enquiries:
Mish Molakeng
Cell: 082 469 3997

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