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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.
Zimbabwe s president says fight still on to fix broken economy today.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from today.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Zimbabwe s economy is plagued with annual inflation of 241%
and chronic foreign-currency shortages.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says fixing the economy will be
a fight, targeted at the financial services sector.
The International Monetary Fund revised its growth forecast
for the country down from 4.2% to 3.1%.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the fight
is still on to fix the broken economy, signaling out the financial
industry for resisting the economic turnaround efforts. We now know whom we are fighting and who is behind
them, Mnangagwa said on Saturday in an interview with state-owned
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. This helps us to bring about the