Strict security features will be installed in set-top boxes that will enable South Africans to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said in Johannesburg on Monday. <\/p>\n
She said the features would ensure that the boxes would not work outside South African borders and could also be disabled when stolen. <\/p>\n
A tough means test would be put in place to determine which households could receive the government’s 70% subsidy for the boxes. The estimated cost of a box was R700. <\/p>\n
"The deputy president will launch an anti-poverty scheme which will determine households that depend on social grants", said the minister. <\/p>\n
Cabinet approved the broadcasting digital migration policy for South Africa last week, which determined the framework for changing broadcasting from the existing analogue to digital signal. <\/p>\n