The SABC wants to double-check the number and quality of government-subsidised set-top-box installations around the country before giving the go-ahead for analogue switch-offs.

MyBroadband asked the SABC for more clarity on monitors now supposedly requiring a TV licence, even in cases where they are not connected to a decoder. The SABC’s executive for corporate affairs ...

SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago didn't respond to a media enquiry made two weeks ago asking why the SABC agreed to dropping the SABC TV licence requirement for a DTT set-top box. In addition, Faith ...

The SABC will also launch an entertainment channel on the DTT platform." SABC group CEO Lulama Mokhobo says the decision was not taken lightly. "All sides of the matter had to be carefully considered.

SABC TV viewers have been warned they until the end of March 2022 to make the switch to set-top boxes to view digital television.

If you want to keep watching free-to-air TV (SABC, e.tv and community TV), you'll need a decoder. In South Africa, they are also called set-top boxes. For the past three years, there have been many ...

SABC International was intended to run on the DStv platform, but through a long and sorry saga, it is not there. ... After you have bought your decoder for about R1 400, ...

That was all the Zimbabweans needed – a decoder that could decrypt the scrambled SABC signals. Free to air decoders had lost their appeal when SABC ceased to be free-to-air and became free to view.

The philabao decoders, which some Batswana use, became popular after SABC cut its channels from the MultiChoice (Dstv) line for the rest of Africa (except South Africa) a few years ago.Even though ...

Television viewers often ask why they should pay their TV licences. In response, the SABC has compiled a list of frequently asked questions to help viewers understand the hows and whys of TV licences.

In response, the SABC has compiled a list of frequently asked questions to help viewers understand the hows and whys of TV licences. Thursday, July 3, 2025 News ...