{"id":17977,"date":"2025-05-08T15:45:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/?p=17977"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:45:48","slug":"media-statement-sabc-responds-to-false-and-misleading-media-statement-regarding-a-car-radio-licence-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/media-statement-sabc-responds-to-false-and-misleading-media-statement-regarding-a-car-radio-licence-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA STATEMENT | SABC RESPONDS TO FALSE AND MISLEADING MEDIA STATEMENT REGARDING A CAR RADIO LICENCE FEE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Johannesburg \u2013 Thursday, 8 May 2025 <\/span><\/strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">&#8211; The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted a fabricated and misleading media statement that states that the corporation will be implementing a car radio licence fee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The facts are the SABC has not issued any media statement or made any public pronouncement on a car radio licence fee. The SABC would like to refute this disinformation with the contempt it deserves, as there is no SABC directive or policy that aligns to this. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The current TV licence system remains unchanged and applies only to television sets as per the Broadcasting Act 4 of 1999 and TV Licence Regulations (2004). Any changes to this framework require legislative amendments and broad consultation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">This disinformation is aimed at causing panic and destabilising the SABC, at a critical time where the organisation is celebrating its 1 million subscribers on its OTT platform, SABC Plus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The public is advised that all SABC media statements are only accessible from SABC official platforms, and everyone is encouraged to verify information. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">We urge the public to verify information directly with the SABC and not be misled by false claims. For accurate details, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvlic.co.za\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-outlook-id=\"b602f4ed-3410-4c44-b753-6c77ad3afbeb\">www.tvlic.co.za<\/a> or contact TV Licences at 011 330 9555 \/ <a href=\"mailto:tvlic.info@sabc.co.za\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-outlook-id=\"80e3ad4a-8f62-412c-9eb8-0a26e7d17189\">tvlic.info@sabc.co.za<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">ENDS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Issued By: Group Communications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Media Enquiries: Mmoni Ngubane (Head: Communications)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\"><a href=\"mailto:Ngubanemv@sabc.co.za\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-outlook-id=\"1325a42f-9071-4270-9d4f-de1c6c8d5577\">Ngubanemv@sabc.co.za<\/a> | T. 011 714 3057 | C. 073 688 1590<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg \u2013 Thursday, 8 May 2025 &#8211; The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted a fabricated and misleading media statement that states that the corporation will be implementing a car radio licence fee. The facts are the SABC has not issued any media statement or made any public pronouncement on a car radio licence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17978,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17977\/revisions\/17978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}