Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

Notice No. 3554

15 June 2023

GG 48793

Department of Communications and Digital Technologies

I, Mondli Gungubele, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, under paragraph 3.3.1 of the Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy published in Government Notice No. 958, Government Gazette No. 31408 of 08 September 2008, as amended, hereby set 31 July 2023 as the date for switching-off all analogue broadcasting services above 694 MHz. All remaining analogue broadcasting services should temporarily be accommodated below the 694 MHz frequency. All digital broadcasting services operating above the 694 MHz frequency must also be retuned to operate on frequencies below 694 MHz in order to clear broadcasting services from the 694 to 862 MHz frequency band.

Furthermore, I set 31 December 2024 as the end of the dual illumination period and the date to switch-off all the remaining analogue broadcasting services below the 694 MHz frequency.

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Mr. Mondli Gungubele, MP

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

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