SABC warns of ‘would-be-robbers’ posing as TV licence inspectors
The state-broadcaster says any person that claims to be an SABC official in order to gain access to a house must be reported to the police.
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation has issued a warning to the public about “would-be-robbers” posing as TV license inspectors in Johannesburg west.
In a statement released on Friday, the public broadcaster said it “noted with concern a WhatsApp message doing the rounds warning members of the public, particularly in the Weltevreden area west of Johannesburg, of would-be-robbers posing as SABC TV License agents”.
“The SABC wishes to inform the public that it has not appointed inspectors or officials for purposes of physical inspections of television sets from households. Any person that claims to be an SABC official or agent in order to gain access to a house or premises must be reported to the police as they do not represent the SABC,” the broadcaster said.
In the same month, the SABC revealed that it had nine million TV license accounts registers on its database but only 1.8 million of those were paying their TV licenses.
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