HSTV takes challenge to ConCourt

HEART & Soul TV (HStv) will file a notice for referral of its case to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) after Harare magistrate Learnmore Mapiye yesterday dismissed its application challenging placement on remand.

Mapiye said the court was of the considered view that the grounds submitted by the State were sufficient for placing the company on remand.

However, HStv lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa filed a notice to apply for referral of the matter to the ConCourt, saying the company cannot be stopped from exercising its constitutional duty of disseminating information to the 

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