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Minister takes ZBC licence fight to the Constitutional Court
10 Jul 2013 at 11:05hrs | Views
Fungai Jessie Majome, the Woman Affairs, Gender and Community Development deputy minister and a senior official in the MDC-T has taken her fight against State broadcaster ZBC to the Constitutional Court challenging the latter's demand for television and radio licence fees despite its alleged biased programming.
Mujome insists that she will not produce a licence and she said that her non-compliance was indeed purposeful on her part, but it was not by no means wilful and contemptuous of the law.
Majome said the law compelling people to pay television and radio licences infringed on their rights given that ZBC was partisan and biased to Zanu-PF.
Majome was last year arrested for failing to produce a television licence and charged for contravening Section 356 (1) (a) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act.
Mujome insists that she will not produce a licence and she said that her non-compliance was indeed purposeful on her part, but it was not by no means wilful and contemptuous of the law.
Majome was last year arrested for failing to produce a television licence and charged for contravening Section 356 (1) (a) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act.
Source - Southern Eye
