Goodbye TV licence — projectors and big monitors that you can buy without a TV licence

The South African Broadcasting Corporation is looking for an alternative means of getting people to pay for TV licences. However, until anything is finalised, South Africans must have a valid licence to buy any viewing device that can receive a TV signal.

The public broadcaster first highlighted licence fee evasion rates in its 2018 annual report, and reports that followed show a negative trend:These evasion rates are for households registered with the SABC that previously had a valid TV licence, but have since stopped paying. She added that government had already started drafting the relevant framework for a household levy to replace SABC TV licences.

The broadcaster then submitted the idea during public hearings for the draft SABC Bill in September 2021. “Our position is very clear. We can’t be held responsible for collecting money on behalf of a government entity,” MultiChoice group CEO Calvo Mawela said.In South Africa, the law requires retailers to ask customers to provide a valid TV licence before they are allowed to sell them a television set with a built-in tuner.

I encourage everyone in SA to boycott paying any form a household levy / tax towards this dysfunctional organisation. Why pay for something you don’t use?!

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