SABC TV licences to stay - for now

The SABC Bill kicks the can down the road on a funding model for the public broadcaster.

which was approved by cabinet for submission to parliament last week, does not deal decisively with the public broadcaster’s funding crisis.

The bill still makes it an offence for individuals or businesses not to pay a TV licence if one is required The bill had been expected to deal once and for all with the issue of SABC TV licences, where compliance by the South African public has fallen to a record low. Most people have simply stopped paying TV licence fees, with nearly nine in 10 South Africans who own a means of receiving the SABC channels electing not to pay the fee, despite it being a legal requirement.

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