Television licence fees will rise in September, the SABC said on Tuesday. “The annual fee for a domestic, business, dealer and lessor licence will increase by R15 from R250 to R265,” spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said in a statement.
“This equals an increase of only R1,25/month,” he said.
He said communications minister Dina Pule, who was sacked by president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday, had approved a 6% increase in TV licences with effect from 1 September.
Concessionary TV licences — granted to those over 70 and to receivers of social grants from the state — would rise by R4 to R74/year.
This was the fourth tariff increase the SABC had been granted the past 14 years. The last one was in 2009. — Sapa