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DSTV charges worry Joseph Chinotimba
02 Mar 2017 at 09:35hrs | Views
Zanu PF legislator Joseph Chinotimba has raised concern over $2 top up charges on DSTV subscriptions levied by commercial banks.
Chinotimba alleged that it was tantamount to daylight robbery.
Normally banks charge extra $2 which is said to be handling fees.
He raised his concern in parliament on Wednesday.
"DSTV contracted all the commercial banks to collect their revenue for subscriptions. It does not have pay points like ZESA whereby you can go and pay on your own.
" The money that is charged on individuals is $32.98 and then the bank withholds $2 from the person who will have paid the subscription to DSTV. Is that not daylight robbery to the citizens of Zimbabwe to be forced to pay $2 on top of the DSTV subscriptions?" he said.
In response, vice president Emmerson Mnangangwa said "I do not know how they do their business".
"I want to thank Hon. Chinotimba for the question that he raised. I am delighted to note that he thinks I know what happens in the operations of DSTV.
However, I am sorry to say that I do not know how they do their business. Can I ask the Hon. Member to put his question in writing so that the Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services can be informed so as to enable him to investigate what is happening and give a convincing answer because Hon. Chinotimba's concern is for the protection of all the citizens of Zimbabwe".
Meanwhile, MultiChoice South Africa has announced that the cost of DStv bouquets will go up with effect from 1 April 2017.
This increases the cost of their packages by between 4-7%, but interestingly, even at the new prices that will come into effect, Zimbabwe's will still be paying more.
No communication has come through from MultiChoice Zimbabwe, as to whether their packages will be increasing, but however, taking into consideration that last year we (those who subscribe from Zimbabwe) were not subjected to an increase in 2016.
DSTV Zimbabwe and its' subscription payments were recently in the spot light, as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe brought to attention the large amounts of payments that "the country" is making in order to keep Zimbabweans entertained, albeit it may not be their fault.
Chinotimba alleged that it was tantamount to daylight robbery.
Normally banks charge extra $2 which is said to be handling fees.
He raised his concern in parliament on Wednesday.
"DSTV contracted all the commercial banks to collect their revenue for subscriptions. It does not have pay points like ZESA whereby you can go and pay on your own.
" The money that is charged on individuals is $32.98 and then the bank withholds $2 from the person who will have paid the subscription to DSTV. Is that not daylight robbery to the citizens of Zimbabwe to be forced to pay $2 on top of the DSTV subscriptions?" he said.
"I want to thank Hon. Chinotimba for the question that he raised. I am delighted to note that he thinks I know what happens in the operations of DSTV.
However, I am sorry to say that I do not know how they do their business. Can I ask the Hon. Member to put his question in writing so that the Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services can be informed so as to enable him to investigate what is happening and give a convincing answer because Hon. Chinotimba's concern is for the protection of all the citizens of Zimbabwe".
Meanwhile, MultiChoice South Africa has announced that the cost of DStv bouquets will go up with effect from 1 April 2017.
This increases the cost of their packages by between 4-7%, but interestingly, even at the new prices that will come into effect, Zimbabwe's will still be paying more.
No communication has come through from MultiChoice Zimbabwe, as to whether their packages will be increasing, but however, taking into consideration that last year we (those who subscribe from Zimbabwe) were not subjected to an increase in 2016.
DSTV Zimbabwe and its' subscription payments were recently in the spot light, as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe brought to attention the large amounts of payments that "the country" is making in order to keep Zimbabweans entertained, albeit it may not be their fault.
Source - Byo24News
