Benard Wekare v The State and The Attorney General of Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Musangano Lodge (Pvt) Ltd t/a Musangano Lodge v The State and Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether sections 38B(1), 38C, 38D(2) and 38E(1)(h)(i) of Broadcasting Services Act infringe the constitutional right to protection from compulsory deprivation of property","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Licence fees compulsory and paid to ZBC general funds"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the licence fee provisions violate the right to protection of the law under section 18(1) of Constitution","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Definition of \"receiver\" and criminalization of possession"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether licence requirement infringes freedom of expression under section 20(1) of Constitution","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Restriction on possession of receivers for broadcasting"}

Background