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Marnus M

1 reviews | Active since May 2011

09 Nov 2015, 21:23

MY TV IS FOR GAMING PURPOSE ONLY, NOT WATCHING TV

Hi<br> <br> I bought a LG plasma TV about a year ago and took out a TV licence because I was forced to if I wanted to purchase a TV. Fair enough... Now I got an account a year ago of R265.00 because I haven't cancelled it by then... So that I guessed was also my mistake... or was it? So I decided I will pay the R265.00 for the second time so that I can cancel it because reason 1: It is for purely gaming and pc purposes because shops doesn't stock plasma's for pc's that is as big, 2 because my plasma is not connected to any TV outlet... <br> <br> I send SABC an email last week and there has been no response yet... So how do I go about to cancel it? By logical thinking, I PAYED for it and it is MINE!!! I am not using SABC's services but I am forced to pay for it... I even called SABC's offices and I am basically forced to pay for something I do not use. R265.00 doesn't seem allot but to me it is considering my current income! I will pay this once but would not want to be on SABC's database again!<br> <br> Regards<br> <br> Marnus Matthysen

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Sabc Tv Licence
Sabc Tv Licence's reply02 May 2023, 21:58
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Hello Marnus1234,

Dear Marnus1234,

Your enquiry dated 9 November 2015 regarding the fact that you use your television for gaming purposes only and the TV-licence number *** refers.

TV licences are payable in terms of the Broadcasting Act, No 4 of 1999, as amended, that governs the SABC's activities.
A \television set\" is defined in the Act as \"any apparatus designed or adapted to be capable of receiving a broadcast television signal\".