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Sipho R
1 reviews | Active since Mar 2009
02 Apr 2015, 20:08
Ripping us off with high arrears
I have an SABC Tv licence which I pay annually. I missed a few months and found out I had to pay R25 a month for interests plus the annual fee on top of it. So basically I had to pay double the annual SABC TV licence.<br> Is it legal to charge people so much for arrears?<br> <br> Can somebody check and credit me whatever is due to me because this so unfair. You can't overcharge people for TV licence. That must be ***** and it should be stopped.<br>
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Sabc Tv Licence's replyOfficial
15 Apr 2015, 16:06Hello SiphoR,
Dear Mr Radebe
Your enquiry dated 2 April 2015 regarding the penalties charged on your TV licence with the number *** for late payment has refernce.
The payment of a television licence is not an SABC requirement but a statutory [legal] obligation in terms of the Broadcasting Act, No 4 of 1999, as amended, and the Regulations under the Act.
Furthermore, the Act states that the television licence fee is payable in advance at the beginning of each licence year - in other words on or before the annual renewal date.
When payment is made late the Act provides for a penalty of 10% of the annual fee [R26.50] for every month or part thereof that payment is received late, to a maximum of 100% per annum. If left unpaid, the monthly penalties result in the fee doubling after ten months, but then does not increase any further year on year.
The onus rests on the licence holder to renew their TV licence in good time without any prompting from the SABC.
I furthermore thank you for the enquiry.
Contact Customer Services on *** or email: *** should you need more information.
Regards,
Rudy Swartz
AUDIENCE LIAISON OFFICER
Dear Mr Radebe
Your enquiry dated 2 April 2015 regarding the penalties charged on your TV licence with the number *** for late payment has refernce.
The payment of a television licence is not an SABC requirement but a statutory [legal] obligation in terms of the Broadcasting Act, No 4 of 1999, as amended, and the Regulations under the Act.
Furthermore, the Act states that the television licence fee is payable in advance at the beginning of each licence year - in other words on or before the annual renewal date.
When payment is made late the Act provides for a penalty of 10% of the annual fee [R26.50] for every month or part thereof that payment is received late, to a maximum of 100% per annum. If left unpaid, the monthly penalties result in the fee doubling after ten months, but then does not increase any further year on year.
The onus rests on the licence holder to renew their TV licence in good time without any prompting from the SABC.
I furthermore thank you for the enquiry.
Contact Customer Services on *** or email: *** should you need more information.
Regards,
Rudy Swartz
AUDIENCE LIAISON OFFICER
Sabc Tv Licence's reply15 Apr 2015, 16:06
Official
Hello SiphoR,
Dear Mr Radebe
Your enquiry dated 2 April 2015 regarding the penalties charged on your TV licence with the number *** for late payment has refernce.
The payment of a television licence is not an SABC requirement but a statutory [legal] obligation in terms of the Broadcasting Act, No 4 of 1999, as amended, and the Regulations under the Act.
Furthermore, the Act states that the television licence fee is payable in advance at the beginning of each licence year - in other words on or before the annual renewal date.
When payment is made late the Act provides for a penalty of 10% of the annual fee [R26.50] for every month or part thereof that payment is received late, to a maximum of 100% per annum. If left unpaid, the monthly penalties result in the fee doubling after ten months, but then does not increase any further year on year.
The onus rests on the licence holder to renew their TV licence in good time without any prompting from the SABC.
I furthermore thank you for the enquiry.
Contact Customer Services on *** or email: *** should you need more information.
Regards,
Rudy Swartz
AUDIENCE LIAISON OFFICER
Dear Mr Radebe
Your enquiry dated 2 April 2015 regarding the penalties charged on your TV licence with the number *** for late payment has refernce.
The payment of a television licence is not an SABC requirement but a statutory [legal] obligation in terms of the Broadcasting Act, No 4 of 1999, as amended, and the Regulations under the Act.
Furthermore, the Act states that the television licence fee is payable in advance at the beginning of each licence year - in other words on or before the annual renewal date.
When payment is made late the Act provides for a penalty of 10% of the annual fee [R26.50] for every month or part thereof that payment is received late, to a maximum of 100% per annum. If left unpaid, the monthly penalties result in the fee doubling after ten months, but then does not increase any further year on year.
The onus rests on the licence holder to renew their TV licence in good time without any prompting from the SABC.
I furthermore thank you for the enquiry.
Contact Customer Services on *** or email: *** should you need more information.
Regards,
Rudy Swartz
AUDIENCE LIAISON OFFICER