SABC's analogue terrestrial TV signal switched off in Northern Cape

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Second province in South Africa switches off analogue TV

Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni oversaw the switch-off of the last analogue TV transmitter in the Northern Cape today.

The successful migration from analogue to digital television means that Northern Cape (and Free State) residents will require a digital set-top box (decoder) or a TV with a digital terrestrial television (DTT) tuner to receive free-to-air broadcasting.
 
Did the world come to an end in the two provinces?

No did not think so. Wonder how many lost TV and radio access?
 
As of Wednesday, 24 November, Sentech had switched off 113 of the SABC’s 288 analogue sites, all 84 of M-Net’s old sites, and four of E-tv’s 95 sites.

E-tv has threatened legal action over the planned switch-off schedule, saying that many of its viewers could be cut off from broadcasts. E-tv owner eMedia is concerned that this could slash its advertising revenue in the short term.
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If it was that bad, they should have had adverts for DTT telling people to switch over.
 
Ignoring current proposals to change the TV license and/or the method to determine who needs to pay for it, does this analogue 'switch off' mean that current TV's equipped with (analog only) tuners are no longer applicable for a TV license in these provinces(or when all provinces *finally* switches to digital)?

Edit: Welp, didn't read yesterday's article where plenty of other people asked the same thing
 
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SABC doing their bit to reduce the possibility of loadshedding. We will sleep better at night.
 
Should this not have been done like 20 years ago?

Africanacity t work..
 
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