{"id":205931,"date":"2021-10-22T10:37:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T08:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/households-urged-to-apply-for-free-set-top-boxes-ahead-of-digital-migration-deadline\/"},"modified":"2021-10-22T10:37:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T08:37:41","slug":"households-urged-to-apply-for-free-set-top-boxes-ahead-of-digital-migration-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/households-urged-to-apply-for-free-set-top-boxes-ahead-of-digital-migration-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Households urged to apply for free set-top boxes ahead of digital migration deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202110\/godigitals.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>As South Africa continues to prepare to migrate to digital broadcasting by 31 March 2022, the South African Post Office has called on qualifying households to apply for their free set-top boxes ahead of the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Homes that apply before 1 November, will receive a decoder before the analogue television signal is switched off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who apply after 1 November 2021 will only receive a decoder later,\u201d the SAPO said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying households are urged to visit their local Post Office as soon as possible to apply for a free government-subsidised decoder (set-top box).&nbsp; The set-top box is free.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2021 State of the Nation Address in February, President Cyril Ramaphosa, announced that South Africa should complete the migration to digital broadcast by 31 March 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe analogue television signal will be switched off and only digital television transmissions will be broadcast. Analogue television sets will then only work if they are connected to a decoder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQualifying households that apply before 1 November 2021 will receive a decoder before the analogue television signal is switched off.&nbsp; Those who apply after 1 November will only receive a decoder later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SAPO said all South African households with an income of R3500 per month or less and a working television set, qualify for a government subsidised set-top box.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying beneficiaries must visit their nearest Post Office branch as soon as possible with the following documentation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A South African identity document<\/li>\n<li>Proof of address<\/li>\n<li>An affidavit to confirm that the family has a working television set<\/li>\n<li>A bank statement or affidavit to confirm that the family income is R3 500 per month or less. If you receive a SASSA grant, you do not need to bring proof of income.&nbsp; Proof that you receive a SASSA grant is enough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post Office branches have standard affidavits that applicants can use to declare their income, to confirm that they own a working television set, and to confirm their residential address.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do not need to visit a police station to do an official affidavit before you go to the Post Office. Once an application has been approved, the information is given to Sentech to appoint a local installer to install your set-top box,\u201d said the Post Office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Post Office is aware that some families registered for a set-top box at the beginning of the campaign, but the installation is yet to be done.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cInstallations are done per province and appointment of local installers is done by Sentech via local municipalities.&nbsp; There is no need to re-register to make sure you receive a set-top box. Even if your local Post Office is very busy with grant payments, rest assured, if you apply for a subsidised set-top box, you will go into a separate queue. If you are a SASSA beneficiary and you have a working television set, remember that you qualify for the subsidised set-top box,\u201d said the SAPO.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of digital television broadcasts is better than an analogue signal.&nbsp; The subsidised set-top box also gives a much bigger selection of channels:<\/p>\n<p>Television channels:<\/p>\n<p>SABC 1<\/p>\n<p>SABC 2<\/p>\n<p>SABC 3<\/p>\n<p>SABC Sport<\/p>\n<p>SABC Education<\/p>\n<p>SABC Encore<\/p>\n<p>SABC News<\/p>\n<p>Parliament<\/p>\n<p>Africa Magic Epic<\/p>\n<p>Mzanzi Bioskop<\/p>\n<p>M Movies 4<\/p>\n<p>Mzanzi Wethu<\/p>\n<p>S Sport Blitz<\/p>\n<p>SS Select sport<\/p>\n<p>Discovery TLC<\/p>\n<p>Disney JNR<\/p>\n<p>Nick Toons<\/p>\n<p>Mzanzi Music<\/p>\n<p>Channel O<\/p>\n<p>Dumisa<\/p>\n<p>Mnet Go<\/p>\n<p>790 CSN<\/p>\n<p>Radio stations:<\/p>\n<p>Radio 2000<\/p>\n<p>Metro<\/p>\n<p>Good Hope<\/p>\n<p>RSG<\/p>\n<p>04 Channel Africa<\/p>\n<p>5FM<\/p>\n<p>Lesedi Fm<\/p>\n<p>Lotus<\/p>\n<p>Ukhozi<\/p>\n<p>SAFM<\/p>\n<p>Umhlobo<\/p>\n<p>Thobela<\/p>\n<p>Metsweding<\/p>\n<p>Munghana Lonene<\/p>\n<p>Phalaphala<\/p>\n<p>Ligwalagala<\/p>\n<p>Ikwekwezi<\/p>\n<p>Tru FM<\/p>\n<p>X K FM<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As South Africa continues to prepare to migrate to digital broadcasting by 31 March 2022, the South African Post Office has called on qualifying households to apply for their free set-top boxes ahead of the deadline. Homes that apply before 1 November, will receive a decoder before the analogue television signal is switched off.&nbsp; \u201cThose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-205931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/households-urged-to-apply-for-free-set-top-boxes-ahead-of-digital-migration-deadline.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}