Vehicle Owners To Face Compulsory ZBC Licence Payments
6 months agoWed, 18 Sep 2024 13:48:36 GMT
Vehicle owners will soon be required to obtain a radio license before they can secure a vehicle licence or insurance coverage.
This follows the approval of the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill by Cabinet Ministers on Tuesday, September 17.
Under these proposals, motorists will need to purchase radio licences before paying their road tax and insuring their vehicles.
The initiative aims to generate approximately US$74 million annually for the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).
During a post-Cabinet media briefing, Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services Minister Jenfan Muswere announced that the Cabinet has adopted the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill, which was presented by Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who chairs the Cabinet Committee on Legislation. He said:
The major objective of the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill is to align the Broadcasting Services Act [Chapter 12:06] with the constitution and also with the Public Entities Corporate Governance Act.
The enactment of the legislation will amend several sections of the Broadcasting Services Act [Chapter 12:06]. Of special mention is the amendment of section 2A of the principal Act on the role of the Broadcasting Services of Zimbabwe which is to regulate and manage the broadcasting services bands for sustenance rather than control of broadcasting service bands.
The Bill will also provide a new provision, which will prohibit the Zimbabwe National Road Administration and every motor insurance cover to sell a motor vehicle licence and motor insurance policy respectively to individuals without the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation current radio licence or an exemption certificate from the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, unless the vehicle to be insured is not equipped with a radio signal receiver.
The Bill, which is likely to pass through both the National Assembly and Senate—where ZANU PF holds a significant majority—also mandates the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) to broadcast 75% local content.
Currently, Zimbabwe has 1.2 million registered vehicles, but only 800,000 motorists are paying their licences, according to the Zimbabwe National Roads Agency (ZINARA).
With vehicle radio licences priced at US$23 per quarter and US$92 per year, this could generate a minimum of US$73.6 million in potential annual revenue for the ZBC.
If all registered vehicles paid for the licence, this figure could rise to US$110 million.
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97 Comments
XYZ · 6 months ago
This is a non-partisan issue; call your MPs and Senators and make your voice heard!
Anonymous · 6 months ago
THIS IS ILLEGAL AND NOT LAW. ANOTHER PLOY TO FLEESE PEOPLE
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Zimbabwe marwadzo veduwe.
turn around · 6 months ago
the thing is everything is poorly done, poor content and even these ministers don't watch zbc tv or listens to it.
Show me a minister who doesn't have a dstv decoder in his or her home and I tell you the colour of a lie.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Zvazonyanya
Anonymous · 6 months ago
This is rubbish at its most ,this must be below $10 per year not $30 per quarter, this pure madness from the ministers.Vakavana nguva vatikwanire
Anonymous · 6 months ago
So true how often does one even listen to radio in the car most of us play blue tooth speakers. Why not reduce the price cause it is ridiculous
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Anonymous · 6 months ago
Ko kana ndakabhadhara mutero kuradio yekumba panofambiswa sei? Saka ndobhadhara futi here kuradio yemumota. Zvakamira sei ipapo.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Greedy Bastards
Anonymous · 6 months ago
ZBC inobatwa pa cellphone, radio yekumba etc asi mabva mati taking taki ne motokari. Nyaraiwo mhani. Mutero we radio haufanirwe kudarika mutero we motokari otherwise zvinoshayabasa. ZBC ****nce haisisiri relevant. Fungayi dzimwe nzira dzekuwana mari kwete kutora mutero kuvanhu vanoterereswa pay, cash transfer, tollgate, sales tax. Tinorarana seyi pakadayi?
Anonymous · 6 months ago
No opposition in Zimbabwe that is why zany pf is taking us for a ride,
Kt · 6 months ago
Ndokuti zanu pf kurwadzisa vanhu chte
Anonymous · 6 months ago
We shall romeove them and get exemption letters new business coming thank u installing radios was gone a little slow you shall boost business ideas and I can. Sell blue tooth speakers at a discount or swap after that
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Radio ikaita $10 per term anhu anoterera kwete kuti 30 US. Making ir compulsory will cause ZINARA to lose revenue. Ma car owners haana mari, kutorega kubhadhara mitero yacho yose toita cat and mouse ne ZRP se nani. Beware ZINARA will end up collecting less than 40% of license fees coz vanhu vakaomerwa.
Tin · 6 months ago
It's a good move to impose
If I got you right you said 800000 motorist are paying their licences yet it's less than 10% of the total number of cars and the question is why?.
Zinara and insurance must review their digits not projection of anticipated profits in other words they could have impose something affordable to the people.
It's already beyond reach of many yet adding another responsibility for the radio yet 10% is managing to settle their dates.
To cde speaker please may you consider family threshold unless it's a point of the rich affording to drive but zviri Nani kuwana gumbo rese re nzou than mutumbi wese we tsuro Dai zvadzika vanhu vaisinyunyuta.
Mota ine radio, every household has a radio almost every cellphone has a radio at least they must be a bit $10 may prove to be reach of many.
Thank you.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Chokwadi maMPs vanoda kuti isu tirambe tichitambura they are all Yes MPs hapana chavanoita chino protector isu varombo chokwadi kana ivo president vacho muri kungobvuma zvose vanhu tiri kutambira.borehole pay yet tiri kuedzawo kuti upenyu kumamisha huve nani tanzwa munyika yedu.MPs protect your people not to just approve zvose
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Anonymous · 6 months ago
Saka ma celphone ane ma radio ka tobadara mari ko nai minister kkkkkk
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Antman · 6 months ago
Ask yourself the reason why those who are cold hearted succeed and are loved by the system. Who ever came eoth the idea will be presented with a million just to say thank you for expanding government revenue and opportunities to steal more
EGood · 6 months ago
Will just remove the radio and buy a Bluetooth speaker
Ndapedza
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Hummm, thought pensioners from age 65 are exempted and don't have to get a radio license???
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Over 75 can apply for a cost free licence.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
That is for a home-based radio/TV licence only. A vehicle radio licence is for ALL car radios.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
How many overb75s are there in the country, and how many still drive? Granting licences posthumously?
The whole exercise is daylight robbery.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
I dont listen to any ZBC programm and there is no signal for any radio station but now mandated to pay for the licence??
Anonymous · 6 months ago
10 would be fair 30 it's just too much for a service which is not even available.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
They have to reduce the price to 10usd, Remember this is a gvt subsidiary and our tax money hafanire kudyiwa but to compensate. Inga tese tiri machairman eSadc
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Anonymous · 6 months ago
Dai maizviita munezvakanaka not kuti radio and insurance zvinobhara mari yakafanana insurance it covers life yevanhu and mota dzavo what about radio anobatsira chii tavakungodzibvisa tosara tisina good luck with this one dai mati $30 per year taibhdhara not izvi
Nawanadem · 6 months ago
what happens if my car doesn't have a radio then?
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Anonymous · 6 months ago
They don't care. You have to buy a radio licence before the car licence, so they never have to check.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
If that is the case then I will NOT buy my car licence.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
You go to zbc for exemption letters
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Makuzofarisa manje $23 yese iyo mashaya zvekutaura,tichimbonzweyi pa ZBC pacho,itai muche uko.Kujairira vanhu
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Well done ZBC. You must be congratulated for forcing Zimbabweans to pay millions of dollars for a service that could be run out of a garage.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Dzikisayi mongoti 10 for the whole year everyone can afford are you also considering fuel ma bad road enyu congestions.mukssadaro muchaitisa police ne ve zbc cash pa road apo.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Kana 20 or 30 shaaa zvirinani,,than 92 veduweee kah
Nhata · 6 months ago
We do not feed on radio let the radio play alone, a bicycle need to be fitted with the radio tooooo. Kufa pfungwa we can pay dstv not the local refuse. The phone has a radio stop it from the manufacturer. Teammbavhambwa
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Spe****t. · 6 months ago
It's the pallet and bar stool for me!
naomie · 6 months ago
90% of vehicles dzinongobata starfm chete
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Legit Kid · 6 months ago
23usd its too much...vakati 10usd everyone will pay but mari yavo iyo haite plus most of the radios emota anobata Star FM apa its not considered paZBC coz its private...radio zim n power fm hazvibati
💙💙Blue 🔵cyclone 🌀🌀 · 6 months ago
vanhu bvisai maradio acho mudzimota dzenyu simple mari yvo ykawndisa iyo
dott · 6 months ago
ziyambi ziyambi basa rako ndere kugadzira mitemo yekuomesera povo wy wy hapana hapana pauno tsigira povo zanu pf and Smith regime are just one and same thing Chaka rwirwa Hondo hapana takuuraiwa nehama
Anonymous · 6 months ago
That's true tave kuuraiwa nehama dzedu mmm what's radio license for,look zinara yagara iri kutirova pasi petsoka that fee yezinara must cover neradio ipapo
🤡 MAFANIZI · 6 months ago
studio ma🥩
unknown · 6 months ago
We all know that 73m won't go to ZBC but it will go to the corrupt politicians of a certain party we all know.
· 6 months ago
Studio manyama tafura yacho ingori Ngoma yakagadzikwa pamusoro pePallet .
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Wholesale theft.
Dr. Zozo · 6 months ago
Ini rimwe gore ndakangomuti pinda ghedhi, ukarumwa nembwa ndezvako, vachiita door to door yemaTV kkkk
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Remove the radio
Egypt Dzinemunenzva. · 6 months ago
simple
slyme · 6 months ago
zbc muno....tibvirei kumhepo
Mbudziyadhura · 6 months ago
Mukaona muchirohwa nokusungwa musina kuipara, ndicho chikonzero kuti vawane kuita zvavanoda makatarisa muchibvunda.
Fox · 6 months ago
Kana usina radio yacho zbc ichaita command selling of radios. Uchatenga uchida usingadi. "Handina radio yacho". "Enda undotenga paCounter 5". Kkkk. Saka muchaita sei vana Mbwende imi?
Warvet · 6 months ago
Hamusati marwadziswa. Kana mazorwadziwa muchaziva kuti you're millions of stu*pid docile cowards suffering at the hands of one arrogant thief. Carry on tolerating the Ediots.
1Antman · 6 months ago
You can increase volume. Say thst again we're just bunch of social media complaining individuals when we step out there we just say yes like programmed idio.ts when those few elite deci.de or set rules to milk us
Helter Skelter · 6 months ago
ZBC ndipei flash ndikuisirei mamovie vanhu vaone zviri nani.
Black Mbazo · 6 months ago
@Helter Skelter kkkkkkk 😂😂😂 wandinakudza nhasi
𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖆𝖟𝖆 · 6 months ago
A car is not a radio, Zbc itai proper kani.
Ediots · 6 months ago
Unjust law is no law at all. Why fund propaganda with my hard earned cash.
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Wholesale t h e f t.
zibowa · 6 months ago
vanhu ava avanyare chaizvo,**** oppressive laws is all they are good at,yesterday it was, mombe dzedu aticha tengesa tega but through their village whatever nhasi tofoserwa kutengeswa useless radio licences for propaganda.uwu ndowudzwanyiriri chaiwo.ndozvinozikanwa development nil.
JONZO · 6 months ago
ha**** kunaka kumanikodza munhu kubhandara radio asina chaanowana paradio yacho nhau dzipi uye dzimwe mota hadzina radio ndobhandirei ndisina radio mumota macho avo vataka vhotera avo vanzvisa tsitsi nhasi vava kuti sungirira muparande tosangana gore rouya richapera basa renhyu
Chibaba · 6 months ago
maiona kaa ZANU PF yamaichemera
Patz · 6 months ago
Ko mutemo we car radio licence yakagara iriko wani. Its only that the law was not being enforced. Zim irikungoshaya revenue ichingoti sanctions iwo vasiri kucollector revenue. I remember around 1996 when I purchased a radio at Ok and I only collected it when I produced a radio licence i purchased at post office
🤷 · 6 months ago
Wakange watenga radio yacho which was ok. Ko asina radio mumota macho whats the explanation? Pane mota dzisina.
Egypt Dzinemunenzva. · 6 months ago
yangu L200 haina
Captain Jack Sparrow · 6 months ago
Dead BC lacks content period! And they don't even pay royalties to artist so why should we pay for licenses , kungobvisa radio obtain an exemption permit but your insurance simple as that . Wodzosera hako chiradio chako ....
NGWENDEZA · 6 months ago
Yatova mhosvaka kutenga mota haa ma1 chasara kungonzi mweya wekufema $10 per month
1Msoro · 6 months ago
the next thing will be all those with cellphones that have FM Wil hev to pay ZBC licence
Egypt Dzinemunenzva. · 6 months ago
zvakatombotaurika
Impartial · 6 months ago
The argument is that as long as you have a receiver, working or not, you are obliged to pay. Let it be all embracing then; everyone who has a phone has access to the Zbc services!!!
Sir African · 6 months ago
This government is extractive and irikushunguruda vanhu.Very soon they will charge us for breathing
suks · 6 months ago
dzikisai Mari iyo kubva ku radio license, insurance and zinara tax pliz nyika irikurema guys
jivaschihwehwete@gmail.com · 6 months ago
zbc plic come up with mechanism that would only allow those who have paid the subscriptions to tune into your stations, like dstv is doing. rather making a pre requisite before obtaining a vehicle road licence or insurance.
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Suomynona · 6 months ago
A notable idea Crd,
this kind of implementation would require ZBC to produce/manufacture/administer the radio. The tender for this would be worth a ton of that sweet sweet green back we all love.
And at the helm the said tender, a fat cat(you know who).
Anonymous · 6 months ago
I am an engineer I can help the
If they have ears to listen kkkkk
Patz · 6 months ago
Mustudio here umo kkkkkk
Tango · 6 months ago
Yes zbc studios with pallet 🤣
🤷 · 6 months ago
Which year is that?
Haisi pic from the archives here iyo.
Impartial · 6 months ago
receiver
Impartial · 6 months ago
Isn't this discriminstory? Why car owners only and not everyone who has a
Tambaoga · 6 months ago
hatisisina maradio isu tv takuona kumabhawa mamovies mufoni
jivaschihwehwete@gmail.com · 6 months ago
ZBC licences revenue to fund ZANU pf propaganda.
Tambaoga · 6 months ago
yaa Musati mabhadhara mabills enyu edzimba kukanzura tangai radio licence first🤣
hwakwata · 6 months ago
We are being taxed to death
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