adminBid to block Zimpapers Talk Radio hits snag
Court Reporter
THE Administrative Court has thrown out an urgent chamber application by Vox Media Productions to bar the operationalisation of broadcasting licences issued to Zimpapers Talk Radio and AB Communications.
Vox Media, popularly known as VOP FM, lost the bid for a licence to the entities at the end of last year.
It has since filed a challenge with the Administrative Court contesting the manner in which the licences were granted.
In the failed urgent chamber application, VOP FM was seeking an order compelling the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe to forward a record for the selection process to the Administrative Court for the main challenge to be heard.
Senior Administrative Court President Herbert Mandeya dismissed the chamber application for lack of urgency.
The lawyers for Zimpapers, AB Communications and BAZ convinced the court that the matter lacked urgency considering that the licences were granted in November last year.
It was also the court’s finding that VOP FM failed to properly cite the parties involved.
The court was satisfied that Zimpapers Talk Radio and AB Communications were not the correct citations for the companies operating the radio stations.
It was also ruled that the Administrative Court had no jurisdiction to grant the order being sought by VOP FM.
Malawian president collapses
MALAWI President Bingu wa Mutha-rika (78) was yesterday reportedly rushed to Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital Lilongwe after suffering a heart attack.
A Malawian radio station, Zodiak, announced that President wa Mutharika was rushed to the country’s main referral hospital where he was admitted into the Intensive Care Unit.
At the time of going to press, no official statement had been made about the president’s health condition with government spokeswoman Patricia Kaliati maintaining that she could not confirm that the president was in hospital.
Kaliati told Reuters: “What you are saying is news to me.
“I was with him this morning and I can tell you that he is alright.”
But a senior official at the hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said President wa Mutharika suffered cardiac arrest and had remained unconscious since 9am yesterday.
Reports said President wa Mutharika was brought to the hospital in a convoy of three cars.
“His head was covered to hide his face as he was wheeled in on a wheelchair,” said one hospital source.
A high-ranking official within the government confirmed the development to Xinhua, saying the president had had a cardiac arrest.
“It’s true the president is in ICU at Kamuzu Central Hospital where he was rushed after he had a cardiac arrest earlier today,” said the source.
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