This Monday marks 50 years since television was officially launched in South Africa – on 5 January 1976, a lifetime ago.
South Africa was late – very late – to launch television. While many countries embraced TV in the 1950s and 1960s, apartheid-era government concerns about foreign cultural influence and social change delayed its introduction by decades.
When broadcasts finally kicked off in the mid-1970s, they did so under the tight control of the SABC, initially offering a single channel with limited broadcasting hours and heavy government oversight.
As South Africa dawdles on DTT, television technology moves on
To mark the 50-year milestone since the introduction of television,…
Ranjeni Munusamy: A well-known political journalist and commentator,
contributing to various media platforms.
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Van, startled, spins around and answers the rep, \”It\’s my donkey\’s ears. When they walk under the highway their ears rub along the roof and hurt them. I\’m making it taller so that doesn\’t happen\”.
The rep looking confused, because it\’s a dirt track that runs under the bridge, asks him, \”Why don\’t you grade or dig some of the soil to lower the surface so they can pass through without their ears touching?\”
Van – no the one looking confused then angry answers, \”No man, it\’s their ears that are too long, not their legs!\”
Moon Peaches
Fun South African Fact: South Africa’s drinking water is rated 3rd best in the world for being “safe and ready to drink”.