# The minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, says his department plans to engage Groupe Canal+ over the closure of streaming platform Showmax. The shutdown has raised concerns in Parliament about possible job losses and the impact on South Africa’s film and television industry. Malatsi says regulatory bodies, including the Competition Commission and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, are investigating whether Canal+ complied with merger conditions linked to local jobs and content production following its acquisition of MultiChoice.
Malatsi to engage Canal+ over Showmax shutdown