South African government cannot find 53,000 households

• The South African government was unable to find 53,000 households that qualify for free digital TV set-top boxes due to incomplete address data.
• The issue is largely concentrated in provinces such as KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, where 15,617 and 13,261 households, respectively, were untraceable.
• The slow rollout of the STBs is the last major hurdle in the delay of the 15-year-old Broadcast Digital Migration project, which aims to expand free TV and audio channels, improve mobile data prices, and support better picture and audio quality.