TV Licenses

IOL story

"The team can overlay the TV licence database over the suburb/area map and establish exactly which households have TV licences and which don't. They will then also know which households to visit - it's indicated on the map with specific codes.

They are coming for us. I have neither TV nor license ... but i will get a knock on my door soon, almost guarenteed. The little man will want to search my house, look in every cupboard, under every table, behind every curtain.

Something that i must make clear. The TV license has become a really big issue here, something like an extra tax. Old people with nothing more than a TV for company are harrased and bullied into paying this R250 per year fee. This despite the SABC being the state broadcaster, with state funds, and massive advertising revenue.

Probably the biggest reason i got tired of tv was the constant bullshit of advertising. Buy this, want that, get this free. Fuck them. I will not allow them to control my thinking. It was when the kids started singing adverts to me, i think i decided.

TV to us has become you-tube downloads, a miriad of short video clips, from bikes to comedy and other interesting things. Half an hour to an hour, maybe once a week. That plus the occasional kids video, and i love my nature videos too (for the kids).

My gran wants to give us her tv, since she no longer uses it. She believes it will help the kids. I respectfully disagree, and refuse to accept this gift. I feel bad, because i have nothing but love and respect fotr my granny, then i read this and think, a lifetime membership for rubbish implants in my children's brain?

They must come.