By Robert Tapfumaneyi
DEPUTY Information Minister Kindness Paradza says three applicants who applied and were awarded broadcasting licenses last year are struggling to pay for their licence fees.
Last November, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) awarded six free-to-air national commercial television broadcasting licenses.
The six new entrants are; Jester Media Services trading as 3K TV and owned by the Daily News), Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) trading as ZTN, Rusununguko Media trading as NRTV and controlled by Zimbabwe National Army, and Acacia Media Group trading as Kumba TV, owned by Sharon Mugabe, a former aspirant Zanu PF MP for Goromonzi South.
Others are; Fairtalk Communications trading as Ke Yona TV and part-owned the army, and Channel Dzimbahwe trading as Channel D owned by Happison Muchechetere, a former chief executive at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation.