Canceling SABC license, tips?

(011) 330-9560/1

That's their fax line. Fax them your proof every single day. Multiple copies if you must. Don't stop until they tell you you're off their lists. Then keep faxing them to make sure.
 
xrapidx said:
Samsung Series 7 - never used the TV tuner before, when the rugby was on, decided to try it... and nothing, just static, tried the wired antenna - and a portable one... nothing.
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Hmm, weak - more imagination needed, here's a primer:

Top ten excuses for TV licence dodgers:

1. “My mum died. She had a payment card. I’m going to a clairvoyant to ask her where she put her card.”

2. “My son lost his tooth and the next day we found the TV under the stairs. We thought it was a present from the Tooth Fairy so didn’t need a TV Licence.”

3. “My cousin is not here anymore, she used to pay it for me. And now she has left me. She was also my wife. I’ve lost my cousin and my wife in one go.”

4. “I don’t need one because I’m Jesus Christ.”

5. “I don’t use my TV to watch TV programmes. I use it to hang my clothes so they dry.”

6. “My husband gave me the TV Licensing money and I spent it on my new Kurt Geiger shoes.”

7. “I was told I didn’t need a TV Licence because I haven’t got a remote control.”

8. “I couldn’t afford to pay it as I had to get the cat neutered.”

9. “I’m Australian and I only watch Home and Away and Neighbours, and I don’t pay for a TV Licence in Australia, so I shouldn’t have to pay it here. Australia is 12 hours ahead, so it’s not live here.”

10. “The TV belongs to my dog. He got it for Christmas. Ask him to pay.”
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... http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/its-dogs-tv---ask-4824801

:D
 
Top ten excuses for TV licence dodgers:
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I few years back when they caught me without a TV license (the only reason I'm on their books now) they actually did hand me a list of the top excuse to read while writing me a fine :mad:
 
You need persistence. I cancelled mine a few years ago. I phoned them once a month for about 6 months to ask if they had received my affidavit and what was the current status. Always polite. One day I phoned and was told the money I supposedly owed (around R2000 iirc) was cancelled along with my licence
 
xrapidx said:
Anyone have any tips on cancelling a TV license, been paying it since 2011 without TV... Cancelled DSTV then, LCD doesn't have a working tuner, no TV cables even come into the house anymore.

Early October 2015, I called and notified them, they required a affidavit, I faxed this through.

End of October, I emailed requesting confirmation - no response.

Today I receive a letter giving me notice that they will hand me over if I don't pay.
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put stop payment to their debit order. They will get the picture.
 
I cancelled when I left SA.

Had to send affidavits, proof of new (UK) address and copy of one way flight.

Wasn't too painful, all things considered...

When (if) I return to SA I'll get one 2nd hand or have a friend buy it for me.

TV License is a crock of ****.

As an aside, they're required in the UK too- I had all sorts of threatening letters here, followed by some offers of a discount if I signed up. Ignored the lot, and nothing's come of it after a full year.
NOTE: UK requirement is for a device that you USE for live TV: capability doesn't come into it. My TV was plugged into laptop only- no set top boxes/satellite etc. Were I to have been visited by Plod, I'd have been in the clear.

There's some bleating here to close that loophole- the BBC's funding is suffering as a result. The rise of streaming and fibre has made the broadcast model outdated. Interested to see what they do here.. :)
 
MickZA said:
Hmm, weak - more imagination needed, here's a primer:


... http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/its-dogs-tv---ask-4824801

:D
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:D They're welcome to come check though - and if they get it working, I'm more than happy to remove the tuner. :wtf: will I want SABC of old analog signal for.

dualmeister said:
I few years back when they caught me without a TV license (the only reason I'm on their books now) they actually did hand me a list of the top excuse to read while writing me a fine :mad:
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In SA?
 
I bought from takealot, website didn't even request a TV licence number at the time of purchase.

I wonde if the people whose dead relatives that have had a TV licence and receive the dead relatives TV licence bills can actually go out to game or Makro and use the deceased persons licence to buy a new TV, so long as you provide the dead persons ID along with the TV licence.
 
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Updated list, where/how to buy a TV free from SABC harassment:

* online
* use someone else's license
* get a display without a tuner
* buy it from a distributor
* buy it 2nd hand
 
I have bought a new tv but now all of a sudden im behind with my tv license but they forget about the people who does not even pay
 
This is interesting:

“I also believe the Prescription Act applies to any debt owed to the SABC: the debt lapses if the SABC has not served a summons on the defaulter within three years of the licence fee falling due,
 
I've got the documents I needed- I'll stick em on Google Drive and share them here..

CANCELLATION REQUEST: TELEVISION LICENCE No 261178222


We acknowledge receipt of your request to have your TV licence adjusted. For the SABC to consider your request, please complete the enclosed pro forma affidavit (sworn statement/solemn declaration). The following particulars and documentation are required in terms of the Broadcasting Act, No 4 of 1999, as amended:
If exemption from payment of television licence fees is requested on the grounds of an extended sojourn abroad, proof thereof is required by way of substantiating travel documents. That could be in the form of a copy of a stamped passport reflecting the exit date from South Africa, a copy of an airline ticket, a visa, a work permit, etc. Any one of these documents would be acceptable.
Storage of a television set is accepted as grounds for exemption from payment of one’s licence fees only when a set is in storage with a removals or storage company. In that case, confirmation thereof (specifying the storage period) is required on the letterhead of the company concerned. “Storage” in one’s garage or storeroom or with parents or friends [where the “stored” television set can be removed and used at will and then be replaced with the SABC being none the wiser] does not qualify for such exemption.
If a licence holder emigrates and takes his TV set(s) along overseas, documentary proof thereof is required in the form of a copy of the shipping documents or manifest of the furniture removals or shipping company handling the transportation of goods to the destination abroad.

Details of the person who is the new owner of the television set. (given away/ donated/ sold)
Should no such prescribed documentation be provided to the SABC, an account will not be closed and, should a licence holder return to South Africa at a later stage, his/her television licence would have remained active and would obviously reflect a substantial overdue balance.
I trust that this clarifies the legal obligations pertaining to a television licence in the event of a licence holder emigrating and your account will be processed on the basis of the information/documentation provided.
Please mail or fax the information to the SABC. Once we have received the requested documentation, the matter will receive our urgent attention. Feel free to call our Customer Service Centre on (011) 330-9555 if you need more information. Please quote your TV licence number in any further communication with the SABC on this matter.
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