Title | Date added | Template | Date recorded | Category | Summary |
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ZIMBABWE 1980 Elections report | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Feb 14, 1980 |
| This report outlines the purpose of elections, characteristics of Parliament, electoral system,transitory provisions, general political considerations and conduct of elections. It also showed the distribution of members of the house of assembly according to their professional category, distribution of seats in the senate, distribution of House of Assembly members according to sex and according to age group. |
Declaration of Global Principles for Domestic Observers | Mar 5, 2019 | Elections & violence | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Non-partisan citizen election observers and monitors can be considered as specialized human rights defenders focused on civil and political rights, which are central to achieving genuine elections. |
Policy Brief: Challenges in attaining Gender balance in elections in Zimbabwe | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Feb 28, 2015 |
| The paper suggests ways of increasing women's participation in local government, parliament and senate. |
NTJWG Pre Election Transitional Justice Briefing | Feb 14, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jul 26, 2018 |
| The report presents areas of concern as Zimbabweans head for the polls in the first post-Mugabe election. It is a tightly contested election pitting a post-Tsvangirai opposition coalition and a post-Mugabe ruling party. Both the opposition and the ruling party are promising real change, equating the plebiscite to the 1980 elections that ushered in majority rule. |
Organised Violence and Torture report: April to June 2018 | Feb 14, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jun 30, 2018 |
| 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. |
Zimbabwe 2018 elections SPT report Oct1st 2018 | Mar 4, 2019 | Elections & violence | Oct 1, 2018 |
| The report has information about election campaigns by various parties as well as the election results. It also consists of the incidents of the day after the elections. |
ZESN August Issue 2016 | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 31, 2016 |
| New Amendments to the electoral Act falls short of expectations. |
ZESN 12th Edition | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 31, 2013 |
| Police raids Civic Society organisations in Zimbabwe. They started with Zimbabwe Peace Project then they went on to raid the ZESN head office in Harare. |
ZESN 11th Edition | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jan 31, 2013 |
| The Bulletin Stated that contesting for Elections is expensive in Zimbabwe making it essential that Political parties have funding for them to take part in the polls. |
ZESN 10th Edition | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Nov 30, 2012 |
| Progress and Gaps as Zimbabwe headed for elections in 2012. |
ZESN 8th Edition | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Sep 30, 2012 |
| ZESN analysis of the 2013 Elections |
ELECTORAL REGULATONS CONSOLIDATED 2018 | Mar 6, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jun 8, 2018 |
| Regulations made by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission updated to incorporate all amendments until 8 June 2018. |
ZESN 5th Edition | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jun 30, 2012 |
| The Pros and Cons of Devolution:Can it Work in Zimbabwe |
ZESN 4th Edition | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | May 31, 2012 |
| Zimbabwe not ready for Elections says UN |
E-Ballot news: Is Zimbabwe ready for an election? | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Feb 28, 2012 |
| In Zimbabwe it has been noted that threats and intimidation have been and are still to bring about certain electoral outcomes. |
E- Ballot Newsletter 7 | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Sep 30, 2007 |
| This issue seeks to continue with the debate and discussions on some interpretations, implications, and prospects towards the 2008 elections in particular on the Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 18. The issue looks at various aspects like the voter registration, which make up the fundamental aspects of a free and fair election. |
BVR UPDATE NUMBER 7 | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Oct 26, 2017 |
| The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) continues to observe the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise. This update is based on observations by ZESN observers deployed to cover all the wards under Phase One. |
March 2002 Presidential Election Report | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 31, 2002 |
| The March 2002 presidential election was preceded by months of intensive violence and intimidation against MDC supporters, and more than 50 people, mostly opposition supporters, were killed. President Mugabe was declared the winner over challenger Morgan Tsvangirai by a 56% to 42% margin. Most international observers condemned the election as seriously flawed--the pre-election environment was neither free nor fair, and the election itself was marred by significant fraud and rigging--but regional opinions were mixed. |
ZESN 2013 harmonised election report | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jul 31, 2013 |
| On 31 July 2013 Zimbabwe held harmonised elections for the Presidency, the National Assembly, the Senate and local authorities. ZESN deployed 7 099 observers to every province and constituency in the country on 31 July 2013, set at the ‘Election Day’. Reports from observers during the election and throughout the entire process, demonstrated that the credibility of the 2013 harmonised elections was compromised by a systematic effort to disenfranchise many voters. |
Ballot Update March 2012 | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 31, 2012 |
| Electoral system reform and implications for Gender equality |
Publication 273 | Feb 20, 2019 | Elections & violence | Sep 15, 2010 |
| The month under review saw elections remain high on the political agenda as evidence by various media reports on Zimbabwe’s readiness for elections and the subsequent instruction by President Mugabe to “budget for elections in 2011”. This update is informed by observations from the chosen constituencies and broadly captures national political developments in September 2010. |
Publication 308 | Feb 20, 2019 | Elections & violence | Dec 31, 2017 |
| The publication states that the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections and Election Observation Missions (2004) are designed to set out minimum standards that Member Countries should ideally adhere to in the conduct of elections and election observation. The fundamental weakness of the Guidelines is that they do not have full legal force and are not mandatory. |
Chigumba Speech | Nov 9, 2018 | Elections & violence | Jul 13, 2018 |
| Brief by the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to Local and Foreign observers for the 2018 Harmonised Elections at Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) 13 July 2018. |
2005 Parliamentary Elections | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 31, 2005 |
| The 2005 Parliamentary elections represented an important improvement on the 2000 and 2002 elections in that the elections were performed in a peaceful environment without state-controlled violence. Despite this notable improvement from previous elections, the Parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe failed to meet some key internationally recognised election standards. |
Political Violence report 2008 | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Dec 1, 2008 |
| In this report for 2008,there are certain trends and characteristics which have been attendant on the incidents reported to the Human rights Forum which rebut the denial of ZANU PF that in most instances the violence that was reported was between over zealous youths and villagers. |
Zimbabwe 2013 elections | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jul 31, 2013 |
| This report provides a thorough analysis primarily of the technical aspects of the elections, complementing the observer reports that have been published by other organisations. |
Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry 18 DEC 18 | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 1, 2018 |
| Zimbabwe held itsnationalelections on the 30th of July 2018. The electoral process was generally peaceful until the 1st of August 2018, when many demonstrators took to the streets of Harare demanding the immediate release of the election results. These events, particularly those that occurred within Harare’s Central Business District (CBD), resulted in the death of six (6) people, injury of thirty-five (35), and massive damage to properties. |
EU Election Observers Final Report Zimbabwe 2018 | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 1, 2018 |
| This report contains the findings of the EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) on the Harmonised Elections 2018. The electoral commission lacked full independence and appeared to not always act in an impartial manner. The final results as announced by the Electoral Commission contained numerous errors and lacked adequate traceability, transparency and verifiability. |
ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTORAL AMENDMENT ACT OF 28 MAY 2018 | Feb 20, 2019 | Elections & violence | May 28, 2018 |
| On 28 May 2018, another Electoral Amendment Act was passed and the 2018 Election date was announced thereafter. Consequently, as a result of the announcement of the Election day as 30 July 2018, any amendments to the Electoral Act that happen after the proclamation do not apply to the 2018 elections, but other future elections. |
ZESN Projections Population by Ward Gender 18 December 2017 Final 11 | Feb 20, 2019 | Elections & violence | Dec 31, 2017 |
| The overarching objective of the report is to provide ZESN and interested stakeholders with ward based comprehensive scientific data on population dynamics for 2018. |