Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will on Friday lead a door-to-door registration campaign for government subsidised set-top boxes (STBs) for qualifying indigent households in Kwaggafontein, Mpumalanga.
Minister Muthambi will oversee the registration of community members from Kwaggafontein for the STBs that will enable them to enjoy an improved television watching experience.
The STB registration drive is part of government’s much-awaited broadcasting digital migration programme (digital terrestrial television).
The door-to-door registration is particularly aimed at the elderly and disabled, as well as those qualifying families who, for credible reasons, are unable to go to their nearest post office for registration. This registration process will run concurrently with the registration process at the local post office.
“The Department [of Communication] will announce the analogue signal switch-off date when more than 80% of households across the country have been migrated to the digital television platform. We are confident that we will reach 80% by the end of next year,” Minister Muthambi said.
Delivering her Budget Vote Speech in Parliament in May, Minister Muthambi announced that the department, together with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), had resolved to delink the TV licence requirement for the subsidised set-top box registration process. - SAnews.gov.za
