NYANGA NORTH - Residents here have vowed not to pay radio and television licences to the state broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) because they were not getting transmission.
Irate residents told The Zimbabwean On Thursday they had gone for many years without television despite ZBC demanding exorbitant license fees. ZBC is demanding an annual radio and television licence of US$50 from residents and US$100 for motorists.
We have had no ZBC signal transmission for a long time here and we are surprised that they demanding licence fees from us. We rely on foreign stations such as Radio de Mozambique, Studio 7, Voice of America and SW Radio. I dont even know any presenter on ZBC TV and radio, said Marka Munowenyu, a street vendor. Residents complained they were isolated from the rest of the country and were starved of information.
Here in Kazozo and Ruwangwe we dont even access newspapers because the road network is bad. As you can see most people have invested so much in satellite dishes,said Rodreck Mawoyo, a local teacher. During the inauguration of the inclusive government in 2009, Information, Media and Publicity minister Webster Shamu promised to open the airwaves to other private players but to date nothing has materialised.
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