Good luck cancelling your SABC TV licence

[wingnut771]

It's clearly designed to make it a non-viable option. You're contributing even more to the SABC if you go the "remove the tuner" option.

Only viable option to not contribute is do your best to make sure you never have a TV license in the first place.

I've never had a TV license so am all good. Luckily I had a friend that did have one though.

 

[_TrXtR_]

I tried canceling 10 years ago and they lied to me. So all their methods of contacting me no longer works and ill flee the country if I have to but I will never give those thieves that stole our money more. Why would I ever give thieves money? Our thieving government needs a head check

 

[RonSwanson]

I bought a television online from Pick n Pay for a friend. They never asked me for a TV license. Where can I report them?

 

[biena]

I bought a television online from Pick n Pay for a friend. They never asked me for a TV license. Where can I report them?

Why do you want to report a public service ?

 

[Smiggles]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2075484875684020279

 

[ThinkCentre]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2075484875684020279

How do you get a receipt if your TV was stolen? Thieves don't normally give receipts do they?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Or you just pay R265 a year. Who cares? It's worth it for the radio stations.

Radio stations don't need a license to listen to anymore... Get with the modern era.

OH and generally all radio stations are shyte anyway.

 

[gotaway]

Just cancel the SABC

 

[bwana]

I can't remember the last time I even got an email from anyone related to TV licensing so cancelling seems pretty easy to me.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

nothing to cancel, never had one as I'm not an idiot

 

[Brian_G]

Amazing how the country unites against this R30 odd ronds per month tax like our lives depend on it lol.

Or you just pay R265 a year. Who cares? It's worth it for the radio stations.

It's a principled stand for many.
There's little we can challenge, this is one of those abuses we can and with good reason - here's a few mismanagement headlines from the last couple of years to remind you guys why;

• SABC Cash Crisis Sparks Fears of Collapse
• SABC abandons R1bn profit goal
• SABC faces major financial crisis as TV license payments remain low
• Retrenchment warning for major South African state-owned company
• SABC on brink of collapse: Parliament warns of financial crisis and outdated infrastructure
• SABC threatened with a switch-off date in South Africa
• SABC could face signal blackout by the end of 2025

My favourite - "SABC faces major financial crisis as TV license payments remain low" - BS in spades! TV licenses made up just a fraction of their income back in the day.




And here's some political interference links, the crux of the matter...

• Political parties react to alleged SABC 'Face the Nation' interference
• The ANC must not be allowed to use the retrenchments at the SABC to score political points [https://saftu.org.za/archives/9448]
• SAFTU on the escalating censorship and political capture of the SABC

And some of what they're claiming too ;- )

Editorial: The SABC's editorial independence is not negotiable

 

[JerryMungo]

It's a principled stand for many.
There's little we can challenge, this is one of those abuses we can and with good reason - here's a few mismanagement headlines from the last couple of years to remind you guys why;

• SABC Cash Crisis Sparks Fears of Collapse
• SABC abandons R1bn profit goal
• SABC faces major financial crisis as TV license payments remain low
• Retrenchment warning for major South African state-owned company
• SABC on brink of collapse: Parliament warns of financial crisis and outdated infrastructure
• SABC threatened with a switch-off date in South Africa
• SABC could face signal blackout by the end of 2025

My favourite - "SABC faces major financial crisis as TV license payments remain low" - BS in spades! TV licenses made up just a fraction of their income back in the day.

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And here's some political interference links, the crux of the matter...

• Political parties react to alleged SABC 'Face the Nation' interference
• The ANC must not be allowed to use the retrenchments at the SABC to score political points [https://saftu.org.za/archives/9448]
• SAFTU on the escalating censorship and political capture of the SABC

And some of what they're claiming too ;- )

Editorial: The SABC's editorial independence is not negotiable

I’d rather pay it since I use it occasionally.

 

[Smiggles]

There’s a sucker born every minute.

 

[Justanotherguybythesea]

Or you just pay R265 a year. Who cares? It's worth it for the radio stations.

Who listens to SABC radio stations? The private ones are better.

 

[The Gilded]

Who listens to SABC radio stations? The private ones are better.

I do.

 

[Justanotherguybythesea]

I do.

What? Jacaranda Steur Die OUs. the other non SABC ones tend to have better programming, and actual content, with less advertising, plus actual commentary, not toe the party line and say nothing on the news that is not approved.

 

[wingnut771]

What? Jacaranda Steur Die OUs. the other non SABC ones tend to have better programming, and actual content, with less advertising, plus actual commentary, not toe the party line and say nothing on the news that is not approved.

5fm, radio 2000?

 

[Brian_G]

Fairly sure by now that The Gilded is a Black dude, so then would listen to some of those language stations.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I do.

Shame.

 

[xrapidx]

Removing the tuner allows the person to get off paying the TV license for the current licensing period - so one year if it is done at the beginning of the period. The application to do this is R300 rand, more than the cost of the license for that year. https://www.tvlic.co.za/tvlic/faqs/

On top of that there are no inspectors so you pay the R300 on top of the license fees for nothing.

This is exactly what I did - paid someone, got the letter from them, tried to cancel the license - was flat out ignored by email, fax, etc. (kept it all though, and my initial interaction with the attorneys who said it would be handled after I sent them the "proof", but always came back a few months later)

A couple of years ago our house was hit with a power surge, insurance replaced a couple of things, but insisted the TV be repaired instead of replaced - I noticed with the subsequent repair - the tuner was back and functioning. I mean, who doesn't want analog tv.