CANCELLATION: SABC TV LICENSE - I HOPE IT CAN HELP SOMEBODY

I battled for years to get my TV license cancelled as I do not have a TV anymore (for years). It broke and I never replaced it.

I cannot tell you how many calls and emails it took until some ANGEL soul sent me this cancellation letter to complete. Once you completed it and try to send it back to *** - your email will not go through with the attachment. I copied the contents of my cancellation and affidavit, pasted in the email as content. FINALLY it went through and ANOTHER ANGEL assisted me (Mr Swartz).

I enclose the example:Dear Mrs

CANCELLATION REQUEST: TELEVISION LICENCE No

We acknowledge receipt of your request to have your television licence cancelled. For the SABC to consider your request, please complete the enclosed pro forma affidavit (sworn statement/ solemn declaration). In terms of the Broadcasting Act, No 4 of 1999, as amended the following particulars are required:

1. The date from which you are no longer using and/or in possession of ANY television set.

2. An explanation of what has become of the television set that was previously in your possession and licensed in your name. Should you have sold it or donated it as a gift, TV Licences requires the new owner’s particulars (surname, initials, ID number and address) as well as his/her TV licence number, if applicable. Should your television set have been ******, please provide us with the case number under which the theft was reported to the Police. Should your TV set have been repossessed, the name of the store and the manager’s signature or a store stamp is required.

3. Since many households have more than one television set confirmation is also required that apart from the set in respect of which this cancellation has been requested, you have NO other TV set in your possession. Please confirm by providing the relevant date opposite Point 1 of the pro forma affidavit. Without such confirmation your request cannot be processed.

In order to update/verify the information on our records, the SABC reserves the right to dispatch inspectors at a reasonable time to check whether there is a television set at any premises. Should a set be found in your possession after processing of this request you will be liable for payment of TV licence fees as well as the applicable penalties, and the necessary steps will be taken to recover such moneys.

Please mail or fax the requested information to the SABC. On receipt thereof the matter will receive our urgent attention. Feel free to call our Customer Service Centre on *** should you need more information and please quote your television licence number in any communication with the SABC on this matter.

Yours sincerely

Patricia Modiragale CUSTOMER SERVICES AFFIDAVIT / SOLEMN DECLARATION (PLEASE DELETE THAT WHICH IS NOT APPLICABLE) I, _______________________________________ do hereby make oath and say / solemnly declare that: (INITIALS & SURNAME, in CAPITALS) 1. I have not been in POSSESSION of any TV set since _______ / _______________ / ________. (day) (month) (year) 2. The only television set in my possession was SOLD / DONATED AS A GIFT / GIVEN AWAY:  Date of sale / donation: _________________________________________________________  Name & address of new owner: __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________  New owner's ID No: _______________________ & TV licence no: _____________________ OR: 3. The only television set in my possession was ******:  Theft reported to SA Police Service at: ____________________________________________  Case number: __________________________ Date of theft: _________________________ OR: 4. The only television set in my possession has been PERMANENTLY OUT OF ORDER:  Since (date): _________________________________________________________________ OR: 5. The only television set in my possession was REPOSSESSED or the deal has been CANCELLED:  Dealer or financial institution: ____________________________________________________  On (date): _________________________ STORE/DEALER STAMP (If Applicable)

_________________ (Manager’s Signature) _________________________________ SIGNATURE OF LICENCE HOLDER TV LICENCE ACCOUNT NO IDENTITY NUMBER:

Signed and sworn / solemnly affirmed before me on the date and at the | SAPS or place set out below, by the deponent who indicated that he/she knows and | Commissioner of understands the content of this statement; has no objection to making oath | Oaths stamp or solemn affirmation, and regards such as binding on his/her conscience. |  _______________________________________________________ Commissioner of Oaths (Signature) Full name: _____________________________________________ Capacity: ______________________________________________ Place: _________________________________________________ Date: __________________________________________________

(Please retain a copy of this documentation for your files)