Deputy Minister of Communications Pinky Kekana presented the proposal to parliament to expand the definition of a TV licence.
South Africans who watch video streaming services like Netflix or pay-TV services like DStv or StarSat, and who don't even watch or use the services of the South African public broadcaster, could be forced to pay a SABC TV licence fee like a compulsory"traffic fine". Pinky Kekana, South Africa's deputy communications minister, told parliament's portfolio committee on communications on Tuesday morning that the SABC wants to broaden the definition of the existing mandatory SABC TV licence that is payable by people with a TV set.Only a small percentage of South African TV households still bother to pay their annual SABC TV Licence fee with millions of people who don't.
The SABC now wants pay-TV operators like MultiChoice that runs DStv, China's StarTimes that runs StarSat, as well as subscription video streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Showmax and others who operate in South Africa, to collect SABC TV licence fees on behalf of the struggling SABC.
DJFreshSA SABC can suck on this
They can't handle GBV,Human trafficking mxm
DJFreshSA So does that mean il need a tv license when i buy a laptop? 🤷🏿♂️
Ba batla zaka in wrong way
DJFreshSA Lol why dont they charge per eye set ANCFailedSA they will make more than the 12 billion the AARTO will make of those R100 for each fine they wanna implement 🙄
No no no
DJFreshSA We ran from their terrible programs now we must pay them for services they don't provide? 😂 😂
DJFreshSA ‘TV’
SABC se mase poes
DJFreshSA Hang on ... let me try and understand this. The SABC wants us to pay them for watching great tv on paytv broadcasters so the SABC can make more sh*t tv that no one watches?
DJFreshSA Official_SABC1 should have added their cost per month to dstv subscription fees.
Why is dat
DJFreshSA We have to pay for Netflix because SABC is useless so they can fuck off
DJFreshSA For what haibo kudlala ngabantu
DJFreshSA Why
Hheyi i listen to SAfmRadio that's enough hawu surely they get something for having listeners 🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️....
Badakiwe
I will never pay it so that CyrilRamaphosa can take that money and give it to his rich white friends never
we will download..another loot
Are they high? I own TV’s and we pay the license even though we do not watch their boring shows... I’m not paying a cent more... it’s not my fault I can’t watch anything interesting from South African broadcasters... fix your own damn problems 🤷🏽
More to steal.
The SABC is dumb. They should get parly to set a flat R10 fee on all subscriptions. Collecting TV license fees is a struggle and they know it.
I will cancel all my subscriptions and have to download stuff. Or connect to American streaming services the SABC will NOT GET A CENT FROM ME.
TVwithThinus Goodluck
Banana-Republic tendencies😅😂
Tsek !
Lol!
No SABC must take money from Dstv and Netflix finish the must draft a good contract with them we pay National Road but how Municipality Road must be fixed it's not our problem but we want it to be uo to standard hope u get my point
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