Fewer South Africans believe they should be paying for their TV licences - survey

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The number of South Africans who believe they should be paying for TV licences is on the decline.

According to South African research company, Citizen Surveys, only 40% of South Africans believe that not paying their TV licences is wrong and that they should be punished by the law. This is down from 49% in 2018.

The research was to provide key insights on South Africans’ views on paying their SABC TV licences. These statistics were based on face-to-face interviews with 3,900 people per quarter. On Friday, the public broadcaster asked the minister of communications and digital technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams to review and amend the legislation governing TV licence tariff fees with a view to increasing the tariff.

 

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How do one cancel it anyway

SABC should just close it's doors, they're a disgrace.

Why should I pay TV licence if I don't watch their lame attempt at programmes and ANC propaganda? I have not watched SABC tv channels for years. Crazy that you have to pay licence fees to buy a TV even if you just want it to watch Netflix and Showmax or Amazon firestick.

What does a TV license look like?

Well, funny thing is, I pay my license yet I do not watch sabc or DSTV, I pay to use Netflix. I think they should ad 1 cent to every litre of fuel and scrap the license. It will make very little difference to those who already pay as they are subsidizing the rest anyway.

Nami i don’t understand,they must claim it from multichoice

Haven't had tele for a year now but still expected to pay a tv licence by SABC...why

SABC owned house, c/o Procter & Tillard, Golfview Mahikeng. I know 5 people who tried to rent or buy it. Wanton destruction of heritage, waste of resources, insult to tax payers, turning my suburb into a ghetto for criminals. Why the hell would I give SABC a single cent?

Contributing to a corrupt enterprise is illegal. So withholding payments to the SABC is the right thing to do.

I wonder what the reason is, mysterious.

I pay very reluctantly...

*Few

Well have you seen the utter shit they put on tv! 🤷🏻‍♂️

I pay mine, I don't even watch em 🤣

I never watch a thing there, but I pay, jas too feel like a good citizen.

Maybe u guys should tell me how much I should pay for watching only SkeemSaam3. Then we might then talk

Because they is a group of people who are looting the SABC..... why must people pay when SABC is repeating programmes 4 times a day

I don't watch TV at all yet I'm expected to pay for what exactly? Because my TV has a built in receiver? Bullshit! Bunch of corrupt morons!! So I'll put my TV out with my bin and they can hound the bin guys. I'll buy monitors instead. And NO, I won't inform SABC

What does a t.v licence look like

We DSTV so must we pay TV licence Levy that amount on SuperSportTV

Yah joke hey , just see the SABC collection agents stats it’s at a all time high and growing , Haudi made sure nobody pays now coz SABC is a shambles 😡🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️😡😡🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏽‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️😡😡😡😡😡

You mean to say there ar people whi still watch TV? 😳

Should have followed the money, they would have recovered it by now! So pls stop milkin us citizens. Niz'moshele is'khathi

I can't pay TV license and also pay DSTV

I will never

njivan77 I am paying SABC for TV licence but I honestly believe that they were supposed to get it from Multichoice/DStv. Paying R400 DStv plus tv licence constitutes a 'rip-off'.

I don't see the reason why I should pay as I don't watch any of SABC channels, get back the rights of Mzanzi channel and SABC news. I will pay with no hesitation

Pay for what please let us know? And also let us know Who is paying

Sum ppl buy TV set cash and subscribe dstv R400 to 900 with SABC channels inside the package so nonsensical survey is for wat 👂🏿👂🏿 It seems TVs have become like cars license disc payments 🍑this is 2019 fok South Africans buy 43' up monitors they don't come with license 🚽

The last time I paid my TV licence I had a car accidet. Ke tshaba ho patela nou.

So much money stolen. Let the people have a break.

I see no need, but pay it annually.

I hate when we are forced to watch a funeral for the whole day..

I paid for my TV's in full! As well as amazonprimenow Netflix DSTV ShowmaxOnline Why on earth would I spend a cent on another one of the MYANC 's ATM's

Can't imagine why! 🤔

Am actually bothered by the repetition of old sitcoms like Streaks. Buy am paying mine.

And fewer are ....

Thats obvious no survey needed here..with the poor content SABC provide.

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