Prison time for people who don’t pay their TV licences in South Africa

While I understand that OUTA need to say this to keep its own name in the clear, the reality is that OUTA and the Government can both go fly the same kite. Nonpayment is at 90% and government is going to find it extremely hard to put 90% of the population in prison, and only putting a few token cases in prison is going to open a can of worms not even the government will survive. So no, the government hands are tied and paying anything just makes you liable for everything you owe them. a payment is an admission of guilt. TV licenses and e-tolls are classic cases where government can moan all it likes but they cannot actually take an action without the consequences for themselves being far worse.
 
Bad Ballie said:
When the law becomes oppressive then disobedience becomes a duty, ask the ANC they know what I mean.
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I'm guessing at least two dozen Forumites will have wanted to show agreement with that. But now we have freedom of speech threats to boot, so most will keep quiet, even though the powers that be are useless at control of anything.

Could be a future danger though

*considers retirement* :unsure:
 
Hemi300c said:
Actually not:-
n South Africa, TV licence debt is generally treated as a debt that prescribes after 30 years under the Prescription Act, not the standard three-year period that applies to most consumer debts. This means the SABC can, in principle, pursue an unpaid account for decades after it was first incurred - into the grave and beyond...
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Fixed.
 
Bad Ballie said:
While I understand that OUTA need to say this to keep its own name in the clear, the reality is that OUTA and the Government can both go fly the same kite. Nonpayment is at 90% and government is going to find it extremely hard to put 90% of the population in prison, and only putting a few token cases in prison is going to open a can of worms not even the government will survive. So no, the government hands are tied and paying anything just makes you liable for everything you owe them. a payment is an admission of guilt. TV licenses and e-tolls are classic cases where government can moan all it likes but they cannot actually take an action without the consequences for themselves being far worse.
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its actually more then that, people saw how Etolls can be defeated and annihilated, and it got people thinking,
if enough people say no, TV license can be a thing of the past if only people decide they had enough of this nonsense.

I mean if you go to a Pakistani shop and try to buy a TV do they ask for this, no way
 
Goosfrabba said:
So I am relying on Copilot for the figures. It says that the average TV licence account owes around R4800, but also that the cost per prisoner is in the region of R13 500 per month. This doesn't include the costs to prosecute the individual.

How does prison time even remotely make sense?
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Shoot a hostage....
 
Lol. They will need the mother of all prisons to house everyone. Not to mention all the required court cases. The judges are going to be buuuuu-sy!
 
Agent_Smith said:
Lol. They will need the mother of all prisons to house everyone. Not to mention all the required court cases. The judges are going to be buuuuu-sy!
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Who will prosecute the prosecutors and judges who do not have TV licences?

And what about SAPS, will they all have TV licenses before they arrest the millions of new criminals?

So many questions...
 
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