The SABC exempts households with TVs that underwent a "denaturing" from paying TV licences

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Legal way to stop paying your SABC TV licence without getting rid of your TV

South African households that don't use traditional terrestrial broadcasting services can legally stop paying for a TV licence by rendering their TV incapable of receiving these services' signals.

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) exempts households with TVs that underwent a "denaturing" from paying TV licences, provided they can provide proof.
 
There was a way they could've controlled this for the last 16 years, something they have kept delaying cause there are some ancient STBs sitting at a Post Office (probably long closed).
 
This was discussed in another thread recently. You pay R300 a year for a denatured TV, which is more than the license fee. The SABC does not have any agents to inspect the TVs, so the applications do not get approved. This means you need to pay the R300 plus the license fees every year in order to get away from paying.
 
I feel guilty, SABC started threatening me about my unpaid TV license, and then tried to bribe me by asking me to pay half the amount as a discount and surprisingly started telling that I stand a chance to win a TV if I paid my license and now they are back again with threatening to take legal action if I don't settle my account and I am thoroughly enjoying it.
 
"This must be accompanied by documentary proof of the removal, such as an invoice, letter, or receipt from the technician, and a R300 fee."

Pay us for processing a non-payment for something you shouldn't be paying for.
How about, you suck my b@lls?!?!

Also, is this the Friday thread?
 
Wonder how they enforce this?
Q: DOES MY CONCESSIONARY DOMESTIC LICENCE COVER THE TV SET(S) IN MY HOLIDAY HOME?
A: No. The concession applies only to the concession holder’s permanent residence. An additional licence fee at the full annual tariff of R265.00 is payable on a licence holder’s existing concessionary TV licence account in respect of a TV set or sets in a holiday home or at additional residential premises. The licence holder’s concessionary TV licence is endorsed accordingly, to reflect the physical address of such additional residential premises.

Especially since there are probably plenty of people with toooons of TVs under their name.
Plus this part is funny
Q: WHEN IS A TV LICENCE NO LONGER REQUIRED? WHAT MUST ONE DO TO CANCEL A LICENCE?
A: When one has sold or otherwise disposed of one’s television set(s) a TV licence is no longer required. The SABC must be notified on a prescribed form (affidavit) of the changed circumstances. No licence is cancelled while moneys are still outstanding on an account.

You can be dead and somehow they'll still come for you, you cannot cancel a TV license even in death.
 
Lupus said:
Wonder how they enforce this?
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The same way the government "enforces" literally everything else.
They don't. They completely depend on the vast pool of suckers in this country to fearmonger each other into doing stupid s**t out of fear for the same government those same suckers say is useless at doing anything.

30+ years of utter decay and the only two things Saffas have really pushed back on is eTolls and TV licenses.
Maybe it's my French ancestry speaking, but jisses we're pathetic.
 
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How many times have we been told in these threads that the TV licence system is kaput, finished, over, now considered dead?
So why exactly are we discussing exemptions now??

Stupid

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cat41 said:
How many times have we been told in these threads that the TV licence system is kaput, finished, over, now considered dead?
So why exactly are we discussing exemptions now??

Stupid

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To be fair, we're the ones still clicking and commenting on these types of threads...

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In the days of yore, I worked for the SAUK and then Sentech. It was possible to detect cathode ray TV sets from the street using a “TV detector van”. The CRT TVs would emit massive amounts of electromagnetic radiation when switched on, detectable using a suitable detector. The SABC licensing department could drive around at night whilst families were watching the nuus, and pounce on unlicensed homes… not that I ever saw them doing it. The same stalking techniques were used in many countries around the world to enforce licencing.

However, the SAUK actively used similar vans to detect faulty antenna masthead receiving amplifiers that started oscillating, i.e. effectively becoming mini transmitters and generating interference for neighbouring properties.
 
XSV1 said:
In the days of yore, I worked for the SAUK and then Sentech. It was possible to detect cathode ray TV sets from the street using a “TV detector van”. The CRT TVs would emit massive amounts of electromagnetic radiation when switched on, detectable using a suitable detector. The SABC licensing department could drive around at night whilst families were watching the nuus, and pounce on unlicensed homes… not that I ever saw them doing it. The same stalking techniques were used in many countries around the world to enforce licencing.

However, the SAUK actively used similar vans to detect faulty antenna masthead receiving amplifiers that started oscillating, i.e. effectively becoming mini transmitters and generating interference for neighbouring properties.
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Ah yes, I stumbled across this video the other day.

 
Why would you spend the money to remove the receiver from a TV, then risk annual inspections from the SABC which cost more than a TV license, when the government is already powerless to enforce the TV license fee and will shortly force a new type of licensing tax on everyone anyway?
 
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