Judgment No. CCZ 9/2016 1
Const. Application No. CCZ 316/2012
BENARD
WEKARE
v
THE STATE
and
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE
and
ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION
MUSANGANO
LODGE
(PVT) LTD t/a MUSANGANO
v
THE STATE
and
ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION
LODGE
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE
MALABA DCJ, ZIYAMBI JCC, GWAUNZA JCC,
GARWE JCC, GOWORA JCC, HLATSHWAYO JCC,
PATEL JCC, GUVAVA JCC & MAVANGIRA AJCC
HARARE, NOVEMBER 14, 2014 & JULY 20, 2016
T Mpofu with W Chinamora, for the applicants
T T G Musarurwa with A Mambosasa, for the respondents
MALABA DCJ:
The two cases were heard together because they raised the
same constitutional questions for determination. The cases are about the constitutionality of the
provisions of the Broadcasting Services Act [Cap. 12:06] (“the Act”) on funding for the
provision of public broadcasting services.
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