PART A Introduction The report is a reflection of the monitoring and observation of the electoral process by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum). On the 30th of July 2018, Zimbabwe held its historic plebiscite without its old time leader former President Robert Mugabe who was ousted in a coup in November 2017. This then became a very interesting election that was run on a so- called ‘reformist’ agenda by President Mnangagwa who took further steps to invite International Election Observers from the European Union (EU), the United States (US) and the Commonwealth- a position that had been abandoned by the former President Mugabe when he had come under extreme scrutiny and vilification because of accusations of gross human rights violations perpetrated by members of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) party and State agents This report is a reflection of the 2018 harmonised elections from a human rights perspective. Methodology Information for the compilation of this report involved both primary and secondary sources of information. Primary sources The primary sources of information were as outlined below. ✓ The Forum devised a strategy to have all the Forum secretariat staff and its human rights monitors in the country’s 10 provinces accredited for the observation of 2018 harmonized elections; ✓ Two toll free lines were secured for reporting on human rights violations; ✓ A call centre was established where human rights violations were received from citizens; ✓ The Forum also participated in various stakeholder meetings relating to the electoral process; 10