Paying Your TV License Is Actually The WRONG Thing To Do – In Fact It’s “Tantamount To Extortion And Racketeering”

22 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham in Entertainment

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That’s right. Would you believe that the biggest “you owe us” national pest in South Africa – the SABC – are under investigation by the National Consumer Commission? Yes, that’s right. Basically, if you feel pressure to pay your TV license, let this article clear your conscience.

According to TimesLive:

Letters of demand, text messages and calls to customers from the public broadcaster’s debt collectors have threatened blacklisting, even though credit bureaus stopped listing TV licence debt at the end of 2004.

Today, the Sunday Times can reveal that the SABC is under investigation by the National Consumer Commission.

Although the SABC says its statutory TV licence fee is exempt from the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), that claim has yet to be tested.

Outraged consumer and justice groups described the debt-collection modus operandi as “tantamount to extortion” and racketeering.

[more here]

Seriously, SABC – get out of our face and get your house in order.

Follow that story link above to read about an SA woman who has stopped paying and told them to get stuffed.

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