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TV tax proposal to solve licence non-payment

Public broadcaster woes

A NEW proposal to ditch the SABC’s TV licences for a ring-fenced tax collected by the SA Revenue Service (Sars) is on the cards as less than a fifth of viewers are paying.

According to the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies’ draft White Paper on audio and audiovisual media services and online content safety,

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