TV licences to cost more

"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 per month," he said.

He said the communications minister 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 a year.

This was the fourth tariff increase the SABC had been granted the past 14 years. The last one was in 2009.

Source: Sapa, via I-Net Bridge