18 March 2025, Luis Monzon, Hypertext
It’s not just the SABC that is fighting to stop the latest cut off date, but groups like the #SaveFreeTV Coalition and Media Monitoring Africa are also making efforts to extend the date once again.
“This is about an ongoing and collective inability to make sure that the pure and indigents actually have access to television. What we know is that 28.5 % of South African audiences still rely exclusively on free-to-air services in order to access television, so had they gone ahead with this decision, you would have that entire group of people (4.5 million households) cut off from television completely,” explained Media Monitoring Africa Director William Bird.