ANC looks to discard TV licenses, but you'll still have to pay

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The ANC has stepped into the future and revealed it wants to scrap TV licences, however, households will still be expected to pay tax even if they do not own a TV set:

The ANC has stepped into the future and revealed it wants to scrap TV licences in favour of tax.

She further stated that the TV licence scheme is not working, and could impact the SABC’s ability to survive, as per“The public broadcaster must be strengthened. The SABC has both a commercial mandate and a public mandate. In the public mandate, we want the SABC to be funded from the national fiscus, but we are also proposing a household levy,” she said.

 

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