30 (a) the majority of shares in the body corporate; or (b) shares representing more than half the share capital of the body corporate; or (c) shares of a value in excess of half the share capital of the body corporate; or (d) shares entitling the holders thereof to a majority or preponderance of votes in the affairs of the body corporate. (3) The Authority shall not, without the authority in writing of the Minister, issue a radio station licence to a person who is not a citizen of Zimbabwe or ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe or to a body corporate other than a body corporate in which a controlling interest is held in terms of subsections (1) and (2). 37 Application for and issue and publication or refusal of licence (1) An application for a licence shall be made to the Authority in the form and manner prescribed and be accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any, and such information or documents as may be prescribed or as it may require, including information concerning any tariff required in terms of section one hundred. (2) An applicant for a cellular telecommunication licence, a postal licence, a radio station licence or a telecommunication licence who owns more than ten per centum of the shares in a body corporate which has applied for or holds another such licence shall disclose such interest to the Authority in his application. (3) An applicant for a cellular telecommunication licence or telecommunication licence shall specify in his application whether the application is made in respect of the provision of a cellular telecommunication or telecommunication service or the operation of a cellular telecommunication or telecommunication system, or both. (4) Subject to subsection (6) and (8) and to sections forty-four and forty-seven, if on consideration of an application in terms of subsection (1) the Authority is satisfied that⎯ (a) the applicant will comply with such of the provisions of this Act as apply to the service or system he intends to provide or operate; and (b) the grant of the licence does not infringe the rights of a prior licensee; and (c) in the case of an applicant referred to in subsection (2), the grant of the licence is not detrimental to the interests of consumers, purchasers and other users of the services concerned; the Authority shall issue a cellular telecommunication licence, a postal licence, a radio station licence, a telecommunication licence or a private telecommunication licence, as the case may be, to the applicant. (5) Within thirty days after the issue of a licence referred to in subsection (4) the licensee shall, at his own expense, cause the licence to be published in a newspaper circulating in the area in which he intends to operate as a licensee. (6) Subject to subsection (7) and to section ninety-six, if on consideration of an application in terms of subsection (1), the Authority— (a) is not satisfied as to the matters referred to in subsection (4); or (b) considers that the service or system in respect of which the application is made is adequately provided for by a prior licensee, or that the efficiency of the provision or

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