Last week, ZBC dispatched its officers to collect listeners and viewers license in the area but villagers resisted saying they last accessed ZBC programming long ago.
We wonder why they want us to pay licence when it actual fact we dont receive any ZBC signal transmission. We will not pay. They can do whatever they want. We are poor and they should stop violating our rights, complained Lloyd Mudiwa of Kazozo Nyanga. Manuel Maruta weighed in saying they had not been receiving ZBC signal for a long time and surprisingly the broadcaster was demanding fees which he said was `exorbitant`.
We are very isolated and we wonder whether we are Zimbabweans. We watch foreign programming from Mozambique and Voice of America (VOA).Important information about our country remains elusive. $50 is too much for such a shoddy job, said Maruta, who was listening to studio 7 from America. With critical national processes such as the ongoing constitution-making process, Kazozo community remains outdated and out of touch with reality on the ground.
Residents in Penhalonga interviewed by this paper said they would not pay up if the national broadcaster does not improve its pathetic programming.They can take us to court but we will not pay. We cannot bankroll activities of one political party in the inclusive government. The local content is not educative or informative in anyway, said Misheck Runhanya of Penhalonga.
Most residents in urban areas are now subscribing to Multi Choice TV and free to air decoders to run away from propaganda being churned by national broadcaster.
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