TV Licence fees must become compulsory in South Africa - eMedia CEO

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Don't have the foggiest idea, stopped watching TV before their time.

Edit:

Over the last couple of months, I have disposed of 13 x 30 dozen egg, size boxes of VHS tapes, there might still be 2 or 3 left stashed away some where. Also gave my worthless Sister in Law 3x 400 DVD caddies, clearing up space in the house and garage, as I approach ancient status.

 

[Geoff.D]

TV licence needs to be scrapped
They can get funding elsewhere

I still remember as a laaitie in the 70s we had to get an annual bicycle metal licence disc. Cost an entire R1.00 per year

The entire household licencing factor is outdated, corrupt and colonial. #AllLicencesMustFall

The entire household licensing factor is an outdated mechanism to raise indirect taxes.
Drop the rhetoric BS . It has nothing to do with corruption and colonialism.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

The entire household licensing factor is an outdated mechanism to raise indirect taxes.
Drop the rhetoric BS . It has nothing to do with corruption and colonialism.

Yep!

TV licenses included ...

They cost more to administrate, and collect, than what is collectable.

Basically a punishment for being able to by a TV - a revenge tax?

For being more affluent than the majority, for whom the programming is produced.

 

[Swa]

And that is pushing the rebellion against authority too far. But then that is what the SJWs want not so?

In a completely unrelated program ex President Obama,talking about his new book, discussed this very issue.
When does civil disobedience in the guise of "reform" start to dismantle the basic principles of a democracy? And what will happen then?
Calling the fact that we have a law dealing with charging a miserable token amount as a licence fee to partly fund public broadcasting an unjust law is a huge stretch.

It's much deeper than a rebellion against authority but a check against corrupt and self serving rule. Democracy my ass. Democracy is nothing more than two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner. Don't mention "basic principles" to me as if it's something that has virtue.

Democracy is not a good system but just one where all the others are worse. It needs it's checks and balances like we've seen with etoll. TV licenses have become just another tax as well of something that used to have value but now is not user pays but the minority paying for the majority.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

The entire household licensing factor is an outdated mechanism to raise indirect taxes.
Drop the rhetoric BS . It has nothing to do with corruption and colonialism.

i know, i always throw colonialism into everything i type you should know that by now from me

 

[damian24]

Funny that, an advertising driven free-to-air business that doesn't want the SABC to change to being only advertiser funded....

One wonders if there's possibly any self-interest in wanting to retain TV Licences?

D

 

[Corelli]

How about they just roll out their set top boxes and charge fees per month for access onto it. That way whoever watched it will pay.

I dont know why they will give set-top boxes for free to people who doesnt have the licenses. Let them pay monthly via debit order and then you wouldnt have this problem. Ie if you dont pay for DSTV they will just cut you off, same with Netflix. Why cant the SABC follow the same route?

Also only TVs where you actually receive a signal needs to pay. Ie if you purchase a free to air box with a satellite dish, or DSTV or similar. Or if you subscribe to SABC online.

Or are they worried that no one actually wants to view them so no one would pay. Then improve your offering to make it more attractive. Dont hide behind we have to product local content. Perhaps fire some directors and improve your offering first. Then people will subscribe and pay for it.

 

[Corelli]

I dont bother watching E-TV either. Honestly its a terrible offering too.

I will definately buy video monitors next and chuck out my tv and license with it.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

I dont bother watching E-TV either. Honestly its a terrible offering too.

I will definately buy video monitors next and chuck out my tv and license with it.

Kids all have monitors, connected to a streaming box, last TV in house is in the lounge, that will go as well, soon as funds permit.

 

[randburgred]

TV Licence fees must become compulsory in South Africa - eMedia CEO

TV licence fees should be compulsory for every South African household and the SABC must be supported by the government, according to eMedia Holdings CEO Khalik Sherrif.

Sherrif was speaking at a recent parliamentary committee meeting regarding the revision of broadcasting regulations and their potential effects on the SABC, which is facing a financial crisis and a controversial retrenchment process.

Hey stop being an idiot sir ! You need funds for SABC is very simple> scrap TV Licences. Change over to Digital and any subscriber wanting to only watch the old crap has to have a set top box which scrambles the system if not paid. Finally about 8 million DSTV subscribers in South Africa so DSTV to pay R300 per subscriber Total income from DSTV 2,400,000,000. What is your problem?

 

[binarycape]

TV Licence fees must become compulsory in South Africa - eMedia CEO

TV licence fees should be compulsory for every South African household and the SABC must be supported by the government, according to eMedia Holdings CEO Khalik Sherrif.

Sherrif was speaking at a recent parliamentary committee meeting regarding the revision of broadcasting regulations and their potential effects on the SABC, which is facing a financial crisis and a controversial retrenchment process.

Why should a TV licence be compulsory for a household of one ancient person who does not have a TV? That is ridiculous. I have not had a TV for 3 years now after mine blew up it was so old, and was consigned to the dump, but am still being chased by a collector for a licence fee despite me sending in the form 2 years ago to the SABC to cancel mine. I don't have the money to buy a new TV and frankly, even if I did, there is nothing worth watching as the SABC/ANC cadre made sure most of the content was aimed at the indigent. Then I read somewhere that you have to do and resubmit a commisioner of oaths form EACH YEAR AGAIN - EVEN WHEN YOU ARE DEAD recancelling it!!! What? And where on earth do they get their figures from? Only 3 million indigent households have a TV? Oh pulleeeze. Pull the other one. In a country of 50 million people most of whom are indigent?

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Why should a TV licence be compulsory for a household of one ancient person who does not have a TV? That is ridiculous. I have not had a TV for 3 years now after mine blew up it was so old, and was consigned to the dump, but am still being chased by a collector for a licence fee despite me sending in the form 2 years ago to the SABC to cancel mine. I don't have the money to buy a new TV and frankly, even if I did, there is nothing worth watching as the SABC/ANC cadre made sure most of the content was aimed at the indigent. Then I read somewhere that you have to do and resubmit a commisioner of oaths form EACH YEAR AGAIN - EVEN WHEN YOU ARE DEAD recancelling it!!! What? And where on earth do they get their figures from? Only 3 million indigent households have a TV? Oh pulleeeze. Pull the other one. In a country of 50 million people most of whom are indigent?

It costs them more to administrate and collect TV licenses, than the amount they collect, so that also runs at a loss.

 

[CataclysmZA]

Wikipedia says that it was initially funded in 1976 by a R36 PA licence fee and advertising started in 1978...
Even so, I do not believe that national TV broadcasting, even in its infancy at R36 per year could cover the cost, and would definitely have been heavily subsidized by government funds subscribed by income tax..
Even with a couple of 100,000 subscribers, sabc would only have around R10 million available annually for salaries/infrastructure /importation of programs...
Do you think this R10million would be enough Geoff d. Because I definitely am not posting BS and you are taking a long shot at arrogance.

R10m back in 1976 is an enormous amount of money. Our currency was pegged at around R1 to the dollar then, and it was between 10x and 15x stronger than it is today. The SABC could have definitely run just fine on a R10m budget back then.

The SABC has an estimated reach today of 30m people. Out of around 15m who have a TV, maybe a third of those have an active license, and half of that could reasonably be assumed to be paying it up yearly. That gives the SABC R663m annually from license subscriptions.

If eMedia is talking costs of R8bn to run the SABC, then at no point could it be reasonably assumed that getting 11m people to pay their subscriptions annually - even if they don't have a TV - would help with the financial burden. That extra money (totaling R2.9b) would inevitably be wasted because the SABC's budget would magically balloon to meet it.

 

[grok]

I figure the slogan 'its the right thing to do' doesn't really work anymore in a society that thinks Zuma was the best president..

 

[Shadowchaser1]

Why is still a thing? Jeez, lighten up SABC. Ask yourself a question: Do we provide world class entertainment? You live in the dark ages. Flogging a dead horse.

 

[The Light Green Hornet]

Maybe they should get an independent assessor with half a brain to assess their 'mandate' and compare it to their remuneration instead of just blindly trying to grab as much as they can.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Maybe they should get an independent assessor with half a brain to assess their 'mandate' and compare it to their remuneration instead of just blindly trying to grab as much as they can.

They see a honey pot, and, and screech like dervish - GIMME GIMME GIMME

 

[Zophos]

R10m back in 1976 is an enormous amount of money. Our currency was pegged at around R1 to the dollar then, and it was between 10x and 15x stronger than it is today. The SABC could have definitely run just fine on a R10m budget back then.

The SABC has an estimated reach today of 30m people. Out of around 15m who have a TV, maybe a third of those have an active license, and half of that could reasonably be assumed to be paying it up yearly. That gives the SABC R663m annually from license subscriptions.

If eMedia is talking costs of R8bn to run the SABC, then at no point could it be reasonably assumed that getting 11m people to pay their subscriptions annually - even if they don't have a TV - would help with the financial burden. That extra money (totaling R2.9b) would inevitably be wasted because the SABC's budget would magically balloon to meet it.

Good Point

Here's another

Any Sales person worth his salt will tell you that they sell value

If SABC had any value to sell, they would not be in this mess, because people would actually want to buy their product.

No value, no sale.

 

[The Light Green Hornet]

Khalik just supports TV lisences because his little empire is built around the local 'industry'. Whether it's efficient or necessary is coincidental.

 

[The Light Green Hornet]

Good Point

Here's another

Any Sales person worth his salt will tell you that they sell value

If SABC had any value to sell, they would not be in this mess, because people would actually want to buy their product.

No value, no sale.

Yup. When one realizes it the same mentality that caused the rand to depreciate the picture becomes clear.