Minister says South Africa can't afford to maintain both analogue and digital TV signals

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Major problem with TV signals in South Africa

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi says the government cannot afford to maintain both analogue and digital TV signals.

Speaking to Newzroom Afrika about the legal challenge to delay the analogue TV switch-off deadline of 31 March 2025, Malatsi said running the signals simultaneously has cost more than R1.2 billion since 2014.
 
Lupus said:
Turn off analogue simple, if it's only 27% who can't watch. They'll quickly get the boxes
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you dont get it, if they cant tune in to the ANC lies and election party,
they have every 4 years,

in some tiny village of nowheresville then how will the ANC stay in power?

they have to maintain the system, despite missing the deadline 100 times already,
so up taxes for the White people, they can afford it and much more, White Skin generates money by just standing in the sun
 
Jet-Fighter7700 said:
you dont get it, if they cant tune in to the ANC lies and election party,
they have every 4 years,

in some tiny village of nowheresville then how will the ANC stay in power?

they have to maintain the system, despite missing the deadline 100 times already,
so up taxes for the White people, they can afford it and much more, White Skin generates money by just standing in the sun
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You've not really watched much TV it seems, it's mostly just crap repeats and local rubbish, there isn't anyone standing there doing any real propaganda. It's just crap really. Plus elections is 5 years, we're not the US
 
Lupus said:
You've not really watched much TV it seems, it's mostly just crap repeats and local rubbish, there isn't anyone standing there doing any real propaganda. It's just crap really. Plus elections is 5 years, we're not the US
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agreed, but out in nowheresville freestate, far from the internet and what everybody else watches, they have to get their propaganda out somehow, they haven't figured out how to make election websites and social media posts to fill up peoples feeds,
like the Republicans in the US,

so next best thing, bombard the airwaves, in any way shape of form, and hope enough of the rural population sees it,
so radio adverts galore, TV adverts, on both digital and analog systems, hoping enough people see it.

so they cant shoot themselves in the foot by turning off the analog signal, some rural squatter wont hear about the election and not come to support the Racists,
 
Jet-Fighter7700 said:
agreed, but out in nowheresville freestate, far from the internet and what everybody else watches, they have to get their propaganda out somehow, they haven't figured out how to make election websites and social media posts to fill up peoples feeds,
like the Republicans in the US,

so next best thing, bombard the airwaves, in any way shape of form, and hope enough of the rural population sees it,
so radio adverts galore, TV adverts, on both digital and analog systems, hoping enough people see it.

so they cant shoot themselves in the foot by turning off the analog signal, some rural squatter wont hear about the election and not come to support the Racists,
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You really do live in an odd little world :)
 
Jet-Fighter7700 said:
if you say so,

but then why are they complaining about the cost of keeping both systems operational?
unless its for some political advantage?
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Cause it's the idiots in charge, who want to seem fair and not just cut people off. They also can't plan a piss up if someone literally took them to a pub and said here is booze go for it.
 
Who would notice if they switched off the analog signal?

Oinkers excluded obviously
 
This does not count the indirect costs and what they could be making from that spectrum. R100m+ a year seems peanuts.
 
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