tv licence

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    When you are allowed to cancel your TV licence, and how to do it

    When you are allowed to cancel your TV licence, and how to do it South Africans who no longer have a TV or don’t want to use it for receiving free-to-air broadcasts have the option to cancel their TV licence and save R265 per year. By law anyone who has a TV set which is capable of receiving a...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    How not paying your TV licence can impact your credit record

    How not paying your TV licence can impact your credit record Continuing to refuse to pay your TV licence could eventually damage your credit record. This is according to Stefanie Fick, executive director of the accountability division at the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA). MyBroadband...
  4. J

    What you can't buy without a TV Licence

    What you can't buy without a TV Licence With broadband Internet bringing about a vast change in how information is consumed, the South African government is working on new legislation that seeks to drastically revamp the current TV Licence regime. Possible changes include a new public...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    This is what the SABC must do to get MultiChoice and Netflix to collect TV licence fees

    This is what the SABC must do to get MultiChoice and Netflix to collect TV licence fees If the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and the SABC wants to use third-parties like MultiChoice and Netflix to collect TV licence fees, the Broadcasting Act will have to be amended...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    SABC wants DStv to collect new broadcasting tax from its subscribers

    SABC wants DStv to collect new broadcasting tax from its subscribers The SABC wants MultiChoice to collect a proposed public broadcasting household tax - which is intended to replace its current TV Licence fee - from DStv subscribers. This is according to the public broadcaster's policy...
  7. J

    Government's plan to force everyone with a smartphone or tablet to pay a TV licence

    Government's plan to force everyone with a smartphone or tablet to pay a TV licence Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has doubled down on the government’s plan to charge people with computers, smartphones, and tablets TV licence fees. This was part of a response from...
  8. J

    How to get your TV licence cancelled

    How to get your TV licence cancelled Earlier this year, a MyBroadband reader was able to contact the SABC and cancel their TV licence. The reader was able to accomplish this difficult feat by proving that he no longer possessed a TV and that he was leaving the country.
  9. J

    You cannot accept a TV as a gift unless you have a valid TV licence

    You cannot accept a TV as a gift unless you have a valid TV licence The need for a TV licence extends beyond presenting it when you buy a new TV at a store or online. While it is a given that when purchasing a new TV you must have a valid TV licence - or pay for one at the point of purchase -...
  10. Newsfeed

    SABC TV licence fee collection fight

    SABC TV licence fee collection fight TV licence fee collection company Lorna Vision is taking legal action against the SABC for refusing to pay it millions for its collection work.
  11. Kevin Lancaster

    Why the SABC wants a TV Licence for smartphones

    Why the SABC wants a TV Licence for smartphones “It is wrong for anyone to think we are trying to augment our finances by making people pay for buying cellphones,” SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago told MyBroadband.
  12. Kevin Lancaster

    How to watch TV without paying for a TV Licence

    How to watch TV without paying for a TV Licence An annual SABC TV Licence fee is R265. Let’s be honest, it’s not a lot of money if you can afford to own a TV.
  13. Kevin Lancaster

    TV Licence debt collector can face R100,000 fine for every threatening SMS

    TV Licence debt collector can face R100,000 fine for every threatening SMS The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has laid charges at the Council for Debt Collectors of South Africa against Pritchard and Associates, which is collecting TV Licence fees and debt on behalf of the SABC...
  14. Kevin Lancaster

    You can stick your TV Licence threats, SABC

    You can stick your TV Licence threats, SABC The SABC continues to send me “Final Notices”, “Summons”, and “Letters of Demand” to pay my TV Licence, even though I do not need one.
  15. Kevin Lancaster

    Why there are no TVs you can buy without a TV licence

    Why there are no TVs you can buy without a TV licence In South Africa, it is impossible to buy a TV without a TV licence – this is why.
  16. Kevin Lancaster

    Pay your SABC TV licence and get free funeral cover

    Pay your SABC TV licence and get free funeral cover The SABC now offers citizens who pay their TV licence free funeral cover.
  17. Kevin Lancaster

    How to cancel and stop paying your TV licence

    How to cancel and stop paying your TV licence Many people are not using their televisions to receive an SABC signal, or any other broadcast television signal, which means they can cancel their TV licence.
  18. Kevin Lancaster

    Pay your TV licence to help the SABC: Minister

    Pay your TV licence to help the SABC: Minister Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has called on all citizens to pay their TV licences.
  19. B

    How to cancel/(transfer) SABC TV license (Sold or Donated TV)

    I tried to find out how I could go about cancelling my TV license because I no longer own a TV as I gave it to a friend of mine. The information out there was very vague and definetly not helpful at all! I decided to create this post so that others do not have to go through a similar struggle...
  20. G

    What to do when selling a TV secondhand

    Hey! I'm selling my TV to a friend and will not be purchasing another. Anybody know what I need to do to not pay a TV license fee anymore or what the steps are when selling a TV secondhand to a private person? Thanks!
  21. jes

    Community TV licence issuing put on hold

    Community TV licence issuing put on hold The issuing of new community television licences is on hold until the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting is complete, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) said on Thursday.
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