Judgment No. CCZ 14/201611
Canst. Application No. CCZ 67/13
FUNGAYI
(2)
JESSIE MAJOME
v
(1)
ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION
MINISTER OF MEDIA, INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY
(3)
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE
MALABA DCJ, ZIYAMBI JCC, GWAUNZA JCC, GARWE JCC, GOWORA JCC,
HLATSHWAYO JCC, PATEL JCC, GUVAVAJCC & MAVANGIRAAJCC
HARARE, NOVEMBER 14,2014 & NOVEMBER 9, 2016
R Goba, for the applicant
TTG Musarurwa with him A Mambosasa, for the respondents
MALABADCJ:
This is an application for relief made in terms ofs 85(l)(a)
of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 ("the Constitution"). The
applicant is acting in her own interests although she also invokes the alleged violation of the
rights of Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai ("MDC-T'), a political party of which
she is a member.
The application is for an order declaring in the first part that certain provisions of
the Broadcasting Services Act [Cap. 12:06] ("the Act") are invalid for alleged infringement of
the applicant's fundamental right not to be compulsorily deprived of property except in terms of
a law of general application complying with the requirements prescribed under s 71 (3)(b)i) & (ii)
of the Constitution. The second part of the order seeks to direct the respondents to obey their
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