SABC warns about possible robbers posing as fake SABC TV licence officials to get into homes: 'No officials appointed to do physical inspections of TV sets'.

The SABC is warning the South African public that possible robbers are using the excuse of being SABC TV Licence inspection agents and officials, claiming to do household inspections of TV sets as they try to gain access to people's homes.

The SABC says it has noted "with concern" a WhatsApp message doing the rounds warning members of the public, particularly in the Weltevreden area west of Johannesburg, about would-be robbers posing as SABC TV licence 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 police as they do not represent the SABC," the SABC says in a statement it issued on Friday.