State pulls out of set-top box programme
(World News South Africa)

The government on Thursday said it would no longer be involved in the procurement and installation of set-top devices for digital technology. Communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane said the government would no longer be involved in the procurement, warehousing, transportation and installation of set-top boxes. Set-top boxes, which will be required when digital migration occurs, are needed to decode the digital signal for television sets that do not have digital capabilities. The government had initially committed to supply more than 5-million subsidised set-top boxes to low-income TV-owning households. However, the procurement process has been hampered by...