FIFTY YEARS OF BRAINWASHING: The Shocking Tech Timeline That PROVES TV Was Always a Tool for Control.
South Africa’s television history isn’t a story of progress—it’s a DARK BLUEPRINT of state propaganda, corporate monopolies, and a systematic dumbing-down of the public. Launched in 1976 under apartheid with “separate” channels, TV was NEVER about entertainment; it was about DIVISION and CONTROL.
The SABC’s rollout cemented ethnic segregation on the airwaves, while the later emergence of MultiChoice’s DStv created a PAID FORTRESS of content, locking South Africans into a subscription model designed to drain wallets. Every “innovation”—from satellite to PVRs—was just a new cage.
Now, the final nail in the coffin: the digital migration DEBACLE and the French takeover of MultiChoice expose the chilling truth. Our airwaves are being SOLD OFF while millions face being CUT OFF, left in a digital dark age by a government that can’t meet its own deadlines. Streaming giants like Netflix didn’t bring liberation; they fragmented our culture and funneled billions overseas. The so-called ‘golden age’ of television was a GILDED TRAP.
We’ve spent five decades staring at screens that sold us apartheid, then consumerism, and finally, globalized apathy. The box in your living room didn’t just show you the world—it slowly, deliberately, stole your attention, your money, and your ability to think for yourself. Is this the evolution we celebrate, or the greatest mass manipulation in history?
Author: Kayitsi.com
