43 S.C. 128\02 The licensing function is largely taken for granted and deemed done, with emphasis laid on code and standard enforcement, research and planning. FRANCE In France the broadcasting industry is controlled by a college known as Counsel Superieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), which is “an independent administrative authority” meant to guarantee broadcast freedom in France by regulating private broadcasters (non-state). CSA has nine councillors nominated for six years by Presidential decree. Three of these members including the President are designated by the French President, three by the President of the Senate and three by the President of the National Assembly. CSA issues broadcasting licences to private radio and television companies. In terms of content, its accent falls on “defending France’s cultural sovereignty” within the context of European integration. CSA sees the broadcasting media as “a democratic necessity” but maintains that “freedom, however, goes hand in hand with responsibility. On the basis of the latter, it regulates programming content. The above comparison of similar legislation in other jurisdictions reveals that there is very little original in the Zimbabwean Act. The Zimbabwean Act is modelled largely on the British Broadcasting Act of 1990 as amended and the Australian Broadcasting Services Act of 1992. Thus, generally speaking, the provisions in the Zimbabwean Act are to be found in similar legislation in other jurisdictions.