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<p>I received another notice to pay my mother's TV Licence ********** 61 from From: Katlego Maila ********** />Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 3:21 PM<br />To: ********** <br />Subject: DDRE1BF</p> <p> </p> <p>This is the correspondence between my and the SABC:</p> <p>12/12/2016: Katlego, can I ask you kindly to retrieve the original document of cancellation on your system, as I have comp**** with everything on behalf of my now 93 year old mom some years ago. </p> <p>It should be on your records. </p> <p>We have given you all the information and sworn affidavit about four – five years ago, and the matter was settled.</p> <p>Please No more sms’s to threaten my mom with lawyers etc.</p> <p>By the way, ********** 040 is my personal number – I can imagine how this matter WOULD HAVE UPSET HER if she had a cell phone!</p> <p>Please look at the correspondence back then, and also investigate why everything was ok for a number of years? All of a sudden they (who ever ‘they’ are) are pestering us again for the same information.</p> <p>I do not want to upset my frail mother, who is living with my brother, who has a TV license.</p> <p>Threats of lawyers etc. will definitely not be good for her fragile health. </p> <p>Please send this mail to the person in charge and who is responsible for this mess.</p> <p>We faithfully pay our TV licenses every year.</p> <p>Why not rather focus on those who enjoy free viewing?</p> <p>I regard this matter as closed until further notice.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Rosa Scheepers</p> <p> </p> <p>I then received an email with a request for (another) affidavit, which I sent:</p> <p> </p> <p>Good day, I have attached the required Affidavit for you attention.</p> <p>I was advised to transfer the TV in question to my husband’s TV License, as stated on the affidavit, as this is the only way I would get you of my mother’s back.</p> <p>We have a paid up TV license (number on affidavit).</p> <p>Please, please, leave my frail 93 year old mother, mrs Ida Gorgens, alone. I signed on her behalf, as she is under the impression that this matter was solved some years ago, and I do not want to jeopardize her health with such a trivial issue.</p> <p>Hopefully,</p> <p>Rosa Scheepers</p> <p> ********** 040</p> <p> </p> <p>I also reached Notambo on ********** 100 just to make sure that the matter is now settled, and she assured me that my mom's account will be cancelled after a week or two.</p> <p> </p> <p>Well, 13/4/2017 I received another final reminder:</p> <p> </p> <p>OUTSTANDING TV LICENCE PAYMENT FINAL REMINDER!</p> <p>TV Licence No: ********** 61 Date: 13/04/2017</p> <p>It has come to our attention that despite several reminders you have still not paid you TV licence.</p> <p>Your outstanding balance is: R 325.60</p> <p>We request that you pay the amount due before 30/04/2017. If you fail to meet this deadline, further action will be taken to ensure settlement of the amount. To avoid additional penalties, your TV licence may be paid at any of the TV licence paypoints or at any SABC Regional Office. <br />Payments may also be made online at www.tvlic.co.za. Please phone our call centre on ********** for more information.</p> <p>Yours sincerely</p> <p>Head: TV Licences Division </p> <p> </p> <p>I do not know what to do next. Must my mother first die before they will leave her alone?</p> <p>Kind regards,</p> <p>Rosa Scheepers</p> <p> ********** 040 </p> <p> </p>