Proposed SABC tax unconstitutional?

The minister says the national broadcaster spends about R250 million trying to collect licence fees, and that's why he wants taxpayers to cough up an extra 1% tax, according to IOL, which also reports that the SABC has set up a task team to take a look at the draft bill, of which it says it was unaware.

For more:

• Polity Org: DA issues statement on draft Bill… And the party spokesperson says the draft bill could be unconstitutional.
  
• Moneyweb and Times Live: Treasury distances itself from SABC tax… It seems the proposed tax was news to the Treasury as much as it was to everyone else. In fact, it was not consulted.
• Business Report: Special levies unlikely, say opposition parties… But pressure seems to be building for ‘ring-fenced' taxes or levies of some sort.
• Business Day and IOL: Bill came as a surprise to us, says top SABC member… Even the SABC itself seems to have been unaware of the Bill, but now the broadcaster is to review draft bill…
  IOL: Defaulters cost SABC R250m … So instead of improving the collection process so that it become cost-efficient, the minister wants to hand the problem over to the tax-paying public - via an extra tax burden. This means, of course, that taxpayers would subsidise non-taxpayers, who would enjoy free TV and radio entertainment.