Judgment No. CCZ 9/2016 43 Const. Application No. CCZ 316/2012 Once a person has paid the licence fee for the possession of the receiver he or she is free to receive a broadcasting service from a provider of his or her choice. In other words, his or her right to freedom of expression is then not hindered or interfered with. The law is, however, intended to serve the public interest. It does not follow that because an individual does not want to receive ideas and information from a public broadcasting service the law should be changed. It cannot be overemphasized that a public broadcasting service is established to serve the public interest in the exercise of freedom of expression. The interests of the individual to access ideas and select programmes of his or her choice may be satisfied by the everexpanding availability of channels. This is particularly so through cable broadcasting. The channels allow for some degree of individual preference in programme selection. It would not matter for the purpose of the obligation to pay the licence fee for possession of a receiver in terms of s 38B(1) of the Act, that there is no signal from the ZBC reaching the area where the equipment is located or that one prefers to watch DSTV programmes. Payment of a tax has always been a social responsibility of the individual placed under the obligation to pay. No direct benefit needs to accrue to a tax-payer for discharging a social duty. This is not to say the ZBC is doing well by failing to ensure that its broadcasting services reach all areas of the country. The law governing the public broadcasting service system, expressly imposes an obligation on the national broadcaster, to ensure that its programmes are available to Zimbabweans in languages commonly used in Zimbabwe. This means that the ZBC is under an