A democratic election should be defined by the principles of openness and fairness and the selection of candidates is without doubt part of this process. The nomination courts to receive nomination papers for the forthcoming rural district council elections were held at 57 different centres on the 20th of September 2006. The courts were supposed to have sat on the 15th of September but they were moved by the ZEC ostensibly in order to ‘give political parties adequate time to make their preparations’…. : more
President Mugabe set 15 July 2017 as the date for the Chiwundura National Assembly by-election in accordance with Section 39 (2) of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13). The seat fell vacant following the death of the National Assembly representative for the Constituency; Mr Kizito Chivamba, who died on 19 April 2017 following a short illness. ZESN deployed 15 observers (static and mobile) to the 15 July 2017 National Assembly by-election…more