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Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has revealed that President Mnangagwa’s government has given the nod to Zimbabwe Broadcasting Coorporation’s (ZBC) license fees review,
Addressing journalists during a post Cabinet briefing at Munhumutapa offices in Harare yesterday, Minister Mutsvangwa said Cabinet received an update in respect of Zimbabwe’s proposed review of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation licence fees.
Cabinet received and approved a report of the Cabinet Committee on National Development Planning on the proposed review of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation listeners’ licence fees as presented by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services.
Cabinet noted that the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s equipment for both radio and television studios is obsolete and has outlived its lifespan, and therefore requires urgent replacement to enable the broadcaster to improve service delivery.
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation will soon be launching two more channels towards fulfilment of its mandate, and for these channels to be effectively rolled out, in addition to the on-going digitalization of its transmitters, the organisation has to be capacitated.
Listeners’ licence fees should cover 80 percent of the corporation’s operational costs.
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