ZIMBABWE is the only African country that requires a car radio licence fee, as introduced by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Act in 2025.
The licence fee, which must be paid before renewing a vehicle licence disc or insurance, has an estimated annual revenue of US$73 million for ZBC.
No other African country is explicitly mentioned recently as imposing a car radio licence.
Zanu PF is now a criminal clique that preys on the poor, having lost the revolutionary spirit.
The elite now come first, with the rest eating crumbs falling from the table.
Expensive radio licences are another evidence of a top-down policy, as the so-called leaders sip gin and whisky in the comfort of their homes or upmarket bars, regardless of how the poor view them.
Horror is experienced on a broader scale by the destitute and disenfranchised populace.
In South Africa, a light motor vehicle licence costs US$33 per year, while a car radio licence is free.
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Observe how the Zimbabwean government is abusing its citizens.
For a motor vehicle radio licence fee, it is daylight robbery at US$92. It’s absurd.
This government is shameless.
We should take a stand and defend our own rights.
If we don’t do that, they will keep doing as they please with no mercy because they are well aware that Zimbabweans no longer support them.
Zimbabweans ought to oppose this oppressive law that aims to sink poor citizens into oblivion.
Naturally, laws are passed to maintain order and sanity in society, but we cannot tolerate the imposition of such draconian laws.
Zimbabweans must unite and resist this unjust law at all costs.
It seems it’s now a crime to have a car.
Just as the previous government stifled the media by passing the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, which was ultimately reversed, such a law is too harsh.
The government is passing laws that are too severe for the average person.
Unfortunately, our Parliament lacks the strength and authority to put an end to all of this nonsense.
People are suffering because it has been captured and is unable to speak.
People’s hard-earned money is being stolen by this broke administration, which squeezes what little they receive from their employers.
The kakistocracy in Zimbabwe is consuming its own children, as the country drowns in extreme poverty. - Leonard Koni
