AS Zimbabwe heads towards the 2023 elections, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has launched an alert button to prioritise the safety of journalists as temperatures heat up. While there were no reported cases of physical attacks against media practitioners ahead of the March 26 by-elections, there are fears over their safety to […]

The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), a group of 37 non-governmental organisations working to promote democratic elections in Zimbabwe held its 22nd Annual General Meeting where it re-elected Mr Andrew Makoni as the Chairperson and Mr Dumisani Nkomo as the Vice-Chairperson. Both Mr Makoni and Mr Nkomo’s nominations were uncontested and therefore duly elected. Other […]

As a build-up towards gathering credible information on the second phase of the voter registration process and as part of the commitment to support democratic development and promote credible, transparent and accountable electoral processes in Zimbabwe; the Election Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) observed the second phase of the BVR blitz […]

The Electoral Reforms Tracking Report covers the period from 1 August to 31 January 2022. The repot consists of a record of socio-political developments relevant to electoral matters and the electoral environment. The report registers both positive and negative changes in so far as they are relevant to the electoral playing field and related matters. […]

In line with its mission to promote democratic elections in Zimbabwe, ZESN observed local authority by-elections in the Chitungwiza Ward 7, Mutare Ward 14 and 16, Rusape Ward 5, Pfura Ward 40, Kariba Ward 3, 4 and 8 as well as at the Ward Collation Centres. The by-election were held in accordance with Section 121 […]