Introduction The political environment continued to be defined by lack of political tolerance among political parties. Political intolerance manifested in the form of inter and intra party violence. ZANU PF held its primary elections. which were tainted with allegations of rigging, lack of voting equipment, intimidation of candidates, the use of state apparatus such as helicopters and non-appearance of names of citizens on the voters roll. A flawed primary election begets a flawed national election, nothing will stop the culture of vote buying and rigging to cascade to the imminent national election This could have a bearing on the Presidential elections and can be used to infer the chaos that may also be witnessed in the upcoming elections in which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). There were also notable incidences of harassment, threats and intimidation, abuse of power by traditional leaders, assault, denial of the right to healthcare, infringement of political rights including denial of freedom of assembly and association, and arbitrary arrest and detention. Traditional leaders and ZANU PF supporters continued demanding serial numbers from the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) sips of villagers. The month of April also witnessed increasing tensions between the government and its employees with the government failing to respond to the concerns of workers in the public sector. This led to another strike by nurses, which compromised the right to health care. The March 2018 strike by doctors was followed by a nurse’s strike on 16th of April. Vice President Chiwenga responded by firing all striking nurses violating section 65 (2) (3) of the Constitution, which recognises the right of all employees to engage in collective bargaining with the exception of the security service. 3