{"id":106521,"date":"2015-12-08T19:15:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T17:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=106521"},"modified":"2017-03-01T16:47:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T14:47:05","slug":"cancel-your-tv-licence-with-this-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/106521\/cancel-your-tv-licence-with-this-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancel your TV Licence with this form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To cancel your TV Licence you need a signed affidavit &#8211; but not just any affidavit, a specific one from the SABC.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, according to many TV Licence holders, getting hold of the SABC to get the form is impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Many TV Licence holders have been left frustrated by the cancellation process, with many reporting that they struggle to get through to the correct department or receive the needed documentation.<\/p>\n<p>BusinessTech contacted the SABC to get the prescribed affidavit but, a week later, still has not received any response.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, some were successful in cancelling their TV Licence in the past and have shared the document with others.<\/p>\n<p>To cancel your TV Licence, this is the form you need:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_106527\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TV-Licence-Cencellation-Affadavit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106527\" class=\"wp-image-106527\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TV-Licence-Cencellation-Affadavit.png\" alt=\"(Click to enlarge)\" width=\"600\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TV-Licence-Cencellation-Affadavit.png 771w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TV-Licence-Cencellation-Affadavit-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-106527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Along with the form, you also need to provide the following details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The date from which you&#8217;re no longer using or are in possession of any TV set<\/li>\n<li>An explanation of what happened to the TV set that was in your possession:<\/li>\n<li>If you sold or donated your TV, you need to provide the new owner&#8217;s details (surname, initials, ID number and address) as well as their TV Licence number if applicable.<\/li>\n<li>If your TV was stolen, you need to provide the case number under which the crime was reported to the police.<\/li>\n<li>If your TV was repossessed, you need the store manager&#8217;s signature or store stamp on the affidavit.<\/li>\n<li>You also need to confirm (via the affidavit)\u00a0that you have no other TV sets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These need to be completed and sent to<strong> tvlic.info@sabc.co.za<\/strong> as a cancellation request.<\/p>\n<p>The SABC said that it reserves the right to dispatch inspectors to check whether you still have a TV or not. On its website, it says that inspector fees are R300 per visit.<\/p>\n<p>Should a TV be found in your possession after the processing of your cancellation, you will be liable for the payment of TV Licence fees as well as penalities.<\/p>\n<p>If the matter ever goes to court, under the Broadcast Act you face a R500 fine on top of everything you owe, six months in prison \u2013 or both.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Thanks to Louis Botes for the information)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on the SABC<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"How to cancel your TV Licence\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/106163\/how-to-cancel-your-tv-licence\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to cancel your TV Licence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to SABC CEO suspended \u2013 after 4 months on the job\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/104527\/sabc-ceo-suspended-after-4-months-on-the-job\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SABC CEO suspended \u2013 after 4 months on the job<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to SABC charges COO with misconduct, abuse and dishonesty\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/101484\/sabc-charges-coo-with-misconduct-abuse-and-dishonesty\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SABC charges COO with misconduct, abuse and dishonesty<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Put my disciplinary hearing on live TV: SABC COO\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/101342\/put-my-disciplinary-hearing-on-live-tv-sabc-coo\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Put my disciplinary hearing on live TV: SABC COO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the prescribed form you need to cancel your TV Licence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":106529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[26,667,10881],"class_list":["post-106521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-headline","tag-sabc","tag-tv-licence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106521"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161321,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106521\/revisions\/161321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}