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Ek weier al jare om my TV-lisensie te betaal omdat die SAUK niks op TV aanbied waarin ek belang stel nie. Ek betaal sonder moan vir DSTV en lees al die internasionale en plaaslike nuus waarin ek belang stel online en betaal daarvoor 'n ISP (Telkom, wat wereldwyd berug is vir sy stink tariewe en die stink tariewe wat hy onafhanklike ISP's dwing om te betaal).
Wat ek interessant vind, is dat SAUK besig is om my te boor vir agterstallige TV-lisiensiegeld (R2 OOO plus). Ek kry waarskuwings op my selfoon, dreigbriewe van prokureurs en call centre ouens bel my gereeld. Dit steur my weinig. Ek vrek liewers voordat ek betaal vir slegte diens of vir 'n diens wat ek nie gebruik nie.
Ek sal betaal (selfs vir die diens wat ek nie gebruik nie), maar slegs indien die geld regstreeks deur die staat gebruik word om 'n doeltreffende kommunikasie-infrastruktuur (telefoon, TV, internet) te skep wat almal, veral skole en shack-bewoners, kan bekostig.
I suspect I will land up in court soon because an ancient law stipulates that you have to pay your government for a TV licence. It probably dates from days when Albert Hertzog banned TV in South Africa and in doing so managed to keep us in the dark for another decade or so.
I know I'm farting upwind here (poep teen donderweer) but what the hell, I'm willing to give it a try. Any comments, suggestions and links which could substantiate in court that the South African government has consistently failed to provide the country with an efficient and affordable communication infrastructure since Hertzog ruled would be most welcome.
I would also need a good lawyer to do this online toyi-toyi. Any volunteers?
 
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Down with Telkom, Down with Ivy

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Down with ICASA, down with Paris
 
Well if you consider that internationally (America - always a grand example) that you pay around $50 (R250-R300) for cable and cable TV (same connection) for amazing internet speeds and about 100+- TV channels... In comparison to SA's Multichoice which costs about R500 a month, on top of a R1200 Telkom bill just for "best speed internet" it's a bit ridiculous, no?

But then, you're asking about SABC TV not Multichoice, so, eh, I dunno... Personally I don't really watch TV because I can't stand it. I have DVD player, and that's about all I need to have a TV for.
 
Actually (Sorry for the double post)... If you're interested in going off about the communications infrastructure, using Morocco as a comparison would do wonders. Morocco is also an African country, and ironically enough has less people in it than South Africa (a lot less).

There was an article about that a while back, I've forgotten most of the details, but basically their telecommunications infrastructure is a helluva lot better than ours, and they are, by all means, a third world/developing country.

http://www.mtds.com/content/view/24/

Look ma' no caps.

It's hilarious really.

According to Google:
10 656 Moroccan dirhams = 9 234.25629 South African rands

Meaning R9234 a year for a 4mbps, unshaped, unrestricted, uncapped access to the internet.

That's R769.50 a month. Sod me. And here if you want a 1024kbps line "uncapped" (keeping in mind that that "uncapped" goes as far as 100MB worth of bandwidth and then it cuts your speeds down to 192kbps) for.. oh, R3000-R4000 a month?

Bloody hi-la-ri-ous.

South Africa as of 2005: Population of about 47.4mil people living in it.
Morocco as of 2005: Population of about 33.2mil people.

So, Telkom can't blame high prices based on the country being too small. After all, how many BILLION Rands worth of profit has Telkom made over the last couple of years? There's no legitimate reason for their high prices.

Theft, stealing is as bad as murder. Perhaps it's not an instantly destructive thing as murder might be. But how much money has Telkom "stolen" from people, how many people couldn't afford a plane ticket to visit their loved ones on their deathbeds? How many people couldn't afford food in a month because Telkom called a summons because they couldn't pay a bill they couldn't possibly have expected to pay? And how many people have been over-charged by Telkom and have been unable to do anything about it because Telkom's a monopoly, has money, and these people have buggerall.

Sorry, getting carried away. I can't stand Telkom and their bull-crap lies.
 
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I have to agree, Telkom seem un-aware of what they are doing to people with their over charging, I think they do this by shutting themselves off from the reality of the situation, they have to do this, otherwise they would be eaten up by their own guilt - It would seem like they have structures in place that keep them from seeing what is going on, as they say, there are none so blind than those that will not see
 
A old friend of mine once wrote to the SABC after they harrased them for non-payment of his TV license:

He informed them that he pays Multichoice because he doesnt watch SABC channels. They replied saying that it was a the law to pay if you have a set 'capable' of receiving SABC. He replied saying they were more than welcome to come and modify his set so that it couldnt receive SABC channels or alternatively they could inform him as to where he could purchase such a set.

He isnt in jail but as i havent seen him for a few years I cant confirm whether he is now paying or not... but I liked the argument!
 
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