Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Opposition to introduction [ ] Even though the state-controlled (SABC) had a virtual monopoly on broadcasting, it also saw the new medium as a threat to and the volk, giving undue prominence to, and creating unfair competition for the Afrikaans press. Compared television with atomic bombs and poison gas, claiming that 'they are modern things, but that does not mean they are desirable.

The government has to watch for any dangers to the people, both spiritual and physical.' Albert Hertzog, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs 1958-1968 Dr., Minister for Posts and Telegraphs at the time, said that TV would come to South Africa 'over [his] dead body,' denouncing it as 'only a miniature which is being carried into the house and over which parents have no control.' He also argued that 'South Africa would have to import films showing race mixing; and advertising would make Africans dissatisfied with their lot.' The new medium was then regarded as the 'devil's own box, for disseminating communism and immorality'.

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However, many white South Africans, including some Afrikaners, did not share Hertzog's hostility towards what he called 'the little black box'. When became the first man to set foot on the in 1969, South Africa was one of the few countries unable to watch the event live, prompting one newspaper to remark, 'The moon film has proved to be the last straw The situation is becoming a source of embarrassment for the country.' In response to public demand, the government arranged limited viewings of the landing, in which people were able to watch recorded footage for 15 minutes. The opposition pointed out that even less economically advanced countries in Africa had already introduced television.

In addition, neighbouring had introduced its in 1960, the first country in Africa south of the equator to do so. Known as Rhodesian Television (RTV), its major shareholders were companies, including the of newspapers, parent company of the, and Davenport and Meyer, the latter of which operated, based in, then under. In the absence of television in South Africa, a radio version of the British television series was produced by Sonovision for SABC's commercial network,, in 1972. While it only ran for eighteen months, the radio series proved highly popular. In 1968, the government's opposition to the introduction of television began to soften after Hertzog was removed as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs by Prime Minister.