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Re:He Always Had a Dark Side by mchaver on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @11:36AM (#11382221)
I also thought it was interesting to learn that South Africa did not introduce television until 1976 (assuming this article is correct).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_South_Africa

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Re:He Always Had a Dark Side by kieranhunt on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @12:41PM (#11382746)
I can confirm. My gran still has (she's not using it) her original TV bought around the time. From the stories my parents tell the SABC (think BBC) initialy broadcast a test signal and the early adopters would crowd around their TVs just to watch that.
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Re:He Always Had a Dark Side by JonoBB on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @10:39AM (#11389570)
I can confirm first hand - I was one of those watching that damn TV signal for hours :)
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