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Thirdly, the legislative objective of ensuring compliance with the
provisions of the Act can be achieved without a total prohibition on foreign
investment.
Finally, the defence and security of Zimbabwe can be maintained
without a total prohibition of foreign investment in private broadcasting.
In the circumstances, subsections (1) and (2) of s 8 are not reasonably
justifiable in a democratic society, and are therefore in breach of s 20(1) of the
Constitution.
In addition, these provisions contravene s 21(1) of the Constitution
which guarantees freedom of association. It is the applicant’s constitutional right to
associate in business with any person it chooses.
II.
Section 8 (5)
This section reads as follows:“No applicant that is a body corporate shall be qualified to be licensed if any
one person holds or controls more than ten per centum of the securities in that
body corporate.”
What this means is that the only company which qualifies to apply for
a licence is one which has ten or more shareholders.
restriction on freedom of expression.
Quite clearly, this is a
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