SOUTH AFRICA-JOHANNESBURG-CHINA-WANG YI-KHUMBUDZO NTSHAVHENI-MEETING

SOUTH AFRICA-JOHANNESBURG-CHINA-WANG YI-KHUMBUDZO NTSHAVHENI-MEETING

(230726) -- JOHANNESBURG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi (L), director of the Office of the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, meets with Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, minister in the Presidency of South Africa and the country's coordinator of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security, in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Yudong)

SOUTH AFRICA-JOHANNESBURG-CHINA-WANG YI-BRICS-MEETING

SOUTH AFRICA-JOHANNESBURG-CHINA-WANG YI-BRICS-MEETING

(230725) -- JOHANNESBURG, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi (2nd L), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the CPC Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, poses for a group photo with Khumbudzo Ntshavheni (C), minister in the Presidency of South Africa, Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim (1st R), chief adviser of the Presidency of Brazil, Nikolai Patrushev (1st L), secretary of the Security Council of Russia, and National Security Adviser of India Ajit Doval (2nd R) at the 13th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Yudong)

South Africa raises public awareness of broadcasting digital migration

STORY: South Africa raises public awareness of broadcasting digital migration DATELINE: Aug. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: PRETORIA, South Africa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of GCIS building 2. various of press briefing 3. SOUNDBITE (English): KHUMBUDZO NTSHAVHENI, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies STORYLINE: As the deadline for subsidized set-top boxes approaches in South Africa, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has increased public awareness of the national broadcasting digital migration and analog switch-off. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has announced a new registration deadline of Sept. 30 to complete the migration from analog to digital for improved services. The final switch-off date will be announced later. The extended window gives needy households another chance to sign up for government-funded set-top boxes. South Africa's migration to digital TV is 11 years behind schedule. SOUNDBITE (English): KHUMBUDZ