UK based lawyer Alex Magaisa has written defending Econet’s funding of ZANU PF campaigns. Writing on Wednesday, Magaisa said ZANU PF does not hesitate to cancel licences. He wrote the below comment speaking on what he termed the politics behind the scenes –

Post-script: Election funding

1. In my last thread, I narrated how the 2013 election was funded & the politics behind the scenes. In all this, please don’t allow your current emotions to cloud your judgment: ZANU PF & the government have been consistent in their villainous acts
2. Some asked why the mobile phone company paid its licence fee. I wasn’t privy the the negotiations but one thing I do know is ZANU PF does not hesitate to cancel licences. The last time a company refused to comply with the law, government simply shut it down. Just like that!
3. That was the Daily News in 2003. It’s parent company had refused to comply with the new registration laws under the draconian AIPPA. When it challenged the law in court, Chidyausiku CJ in one of the most bizarre judgments dismissed it saying the company had “dirty hands”.
4. So before you condemn the company the licence fee which was then used to fund the election, consider for a moment what could have happened had it refused to pay. Please focus your attention and ire on the true authors of this nonsense. It’s ZANU PF & the government, stupid!