Minister of Communications takes the Broadcasting Digital Migration to Thabong, Free State
Minister of Communications, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane will on Thursday 14 June 2018, connect qualifying television viewing households that are located in Thabong, Free State onto the digital grid platform.
These are households who have qualified for government’s subsidised decoders.
As we celebrate Youth Month, Minister Mokonyane will also take the opportunity to hand out certificates to fifty local youths trained to be installers of government decoders in Lejweleputswa.
The Department of Communications is working together with the South African Post Office to reach communities and to distribute the subsidised television decoders to qualifying households.
The department is also enlisting the support of provincial government and municipalities to encourage qualifying residents to register for this benefit.
The primary aim of digital migration is to release valuable spectrum which will be used to provide new services such as wireless and other broadband services.
To qualify for these government subsidised decoders, television viewing households must be earning less than R3200 per month. Additional information is available at all Post Office centres nationwide.
There is an estimated 350 000 qualifying television viewing households in the Free State. To date, over one hundred and fifty thousand decoders have been installed in that province.
Details for the event:
Date: Thursday, 14 June 2018
Time: 09h30
Venue: Thabong Community Hall, Welkom
Enquiries:
Mlimandlela Ndamase
Cell: 083 480 0014
Mish Molakeng Department of Communications:
Cell: 083 480 0014
