Starlink scandal exposes ZBC rot
One of the reasons former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive officer Adelaide Chikurungu was pushed out was because she allegedly acquired a Starlink internet kit for the state broadcaster despite the government position that it is illegal, it has been revealed.
Starlink is a satellite internet service operated by American aerospace company Spacex, which is owned by Elon Musk.
Zimbabwe has not licenced Starlink and last month a Chinese firm was charged for using the service illegally.
Images of a ZBC outside broadcast van with a Starlink kit on top surfaced on the internet and there were attempts to deny that the state controlled broadcaster was using the service, but this publication can now reveal that one of the reasons Chikurungu was being dragged into a disciplinary hearing related to the kit.
She resigned a few days after she was suspended in a humiliating manner as ZBC immediately took away her service car and cell phones.
Chikurungu was also ordered not to set foot at ZBC premises and to stop using her work email in order for investigations against her to run smoothly.
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