54 “8. S.C. 128\02 Persons disqualified to be licensed (1) Subject to subsection (3), a broadcasting licence shall be issued only to individuals who are citizens of Zimbabwe and ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe or to a body corporate in which a controlling interest is held, whether through any individual, company or association or otherwise, by one or more individuals who are citizens of Zimbabwe and ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) ‘controlling interest’ means (a) all of the securities in the body corporate; or (b) securities representing all of the share capital of the body corporate; or (c) securities equivalent in value to one hundred per centum of the share capital of the body corporate; or (d) securities entitling the holders thereof to all the votes in the affairs of the body corporated. … (5) 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. … 22.2 No person other than a citizen of Zimbabwe ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe shall be a director of a licensee.” Paragraph 2 of the applicant’s Founding Affidavit provides as follows:- “The applicant is a company duly incorporated with limited liability according to the laws of Zimbabwe, having as its main object the purpose of carrying on a broadcasting service within Zimbabwe. Its address for service for the purposes of this application is that of its undermentioned legal practitioners of record, Messrs Honey & Blanckenberg, 51 Samora Machel Avenue Harare.”

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