In line with the Political Parties Finance Act, ZANU-PF received its share amounting to US$6 126 633,17 while the MDC-T got US$1 873 663,83. A court case is still to be concluded on who was entitled to get the US$ 1.8 million following the split of the MDC-T leading to the formation of the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T. In a context where there is no legal requirement to disclose the source of party funding, and no auditing and accountability requirements, it is difficult to determine other sources of party funding, apart from Treasury, or to determine the amount, and the use to which the funds are put. Political parties are not even required by law to account for the public funds availed to them.44 11 CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN THE 2018 HARMONIZED ELECTIONS The existence and participation of various vibrant and divergent CSOs in the electoral process of a country is critical in the enhancement and realisation of democracy. The roles of CSOs may include carrying out CVE activities, oversight role on electoral processes, advocacy for electoral reforms, peace building initiatives, capacity building, human rights monitoring, and general support to the EMB, amongst others. All these efforts were aimed at enhancing the credibility and transparency of the electoral processes. Zimbabwe boasts of diverse local, regional and international civil society groups comprising women, youth, PWDs, emerging social groups, community based and faith-based organisations among others. In relation to the 2018 harmonized elections, ZESN coordinated six clusters of CSOs working on elections, democracy and governance in Zimbabwe. The clusters focused on the following programmatic areas; Election Monitoring and Observation, CVE, Legal and Medical Services, Oversight and Advocacy, Media and Elections, and Conflict Management. The clusters managed to undertake various interventions such as CVE; monitoring and observation of electoral processes and the political environment; early warning systems; advocacy initiatives on electoral reform and advocacy programmes targeting the electorate in particular women; and youth’s participation, among others. The major interventions were around peace building and citizen engagement, including CVE; promoting governmental accountability and transparency in governance processes through oversight and advocacy initiatives. These CSOs’ interventions were informed by the CSOs Collaborative Elections Strategy that was developed in February 2017 by CSOs implementing governance and democracy interventions in Zimbabwe through their respective clusters. 44 Masunungure 2006: Regulation of Political Parties Zimbabwe: Registration, Finance And Other Support 64 | P a g e