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The SA Post Office (Sapo) is banking on getting an allocation from the government’s sale of radio frequency spectrum to ease its financial woes.

The Films and Publications Amendment (FPA) Act came into effect this week, after being approved by President Cyril Ramaphosa in February

President Cyril Ramaphosa approved the Films and Publications Amendment (FPA) Act in February with the new laws coming into effect from 1 March 2022.

"I can assure you that there will be no need for another bailout,” SABC board chair Bongumusa Makhathini told Scopa on Wednesday.

"I can assure you that there will be no need for another bailout,” SABC board chair Bongumusa Makhathini told Scopa on Wednesday.

She said over 1 million indigent households have already registered for set top boxes for when the country moves to digital by the March deadline.

South Africa has failed to meet its target to fully switch from analogue to digital terrestrial television since 2005 and has since been left behind by the rest of the continent.

Former state security minister Bongani Bongo has been removed as the chairperson of Parliament’s home affairs committee.

The Department of Higher Education – recovering from the recent student protests – has briefed Parliament’s higher education oversight committee on multiple modes of learning and teaching within the higher education system.

The portfolio committee on higher education, science and technology has raised concerns about student funding that continues to grow at the expense of university subsidies.