12/12/2017 Registration was brought to a halt for about two hours at Beit Bridge mission and only resumed when the thermal Printer that had malfunctioned had been repaired. Beitbridge East 4 Situation was contained 12/12/2017 Malfunctioning of equipment due to power failure was reported at Mazunga Primary school delayed registration as the registration officer would intermittently halt registration so as to charge the BVR kits. Bindura North 2 Situation was contained. 12/12/2017 Malfunctioning of equipment due to power failure at Chisamba grounds led many people to fail to register Mutare 4 The kit was moved to a nearby school to be charged the better part of the afternoon. 13/12/2017 Registration was brought to a halt when the centre ran out of paper roll for the thermal printer. Gweru Urban 18 This incident was brought to the Provincial Election Officer who informed the team that registration should not be stopped even in instances where registration slips are finished. 13/12/2017 Tavengerei registration centre ran out of registration slip, registrants went home empty handed as the ZEC officers informed registrants that they would collect them from the village head when they are available. Bikita South 8 ZESN registered its concern with the DEO for Bikita District as reports of partisan behaviour of village heads have been received. This disqualifies the residence of village heads as neutral venues from which registrant can collect their registration slips. 13/12/2017 Registration centre (Sanyati hot sport) ran out of registration slips. Registrants were advised to collect the registration slips at a later date when they Kadoma Central 9 ZESN is closely monitoring this development it may affect inspection of the voter register. 71