ZESN August Issue 2016
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- Aug 31, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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New Amendments to the electoral Act falls short of expectations.
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- Mar 14, 2019
ZESN 11th Edition
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- Date recorded
- Jan 31, 2013
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 14, 2019
Political Violence report 2008
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- Date recorded
- Dec 1, 2008
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 15, 2019
ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTORAL AMENDMENT ACT OF 28 MAY 2018
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- May 28, 2018
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 15, 2019
An Analysis On Political Violence Reports
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- Aug 21, 2017
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
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Predisposing the Scourge of Political Violence.Political violence in Zimbabwe has always been a cause for concern. It curses our society. Very little effort or headway has been made to address this historical problem.
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- Mar 20, 2019
Neither Free nor Fair: High Court decisions on the petitions on the June 2000 General Election.
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- Date recorded
- Mar 3, 2002
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This monograph focuses on the electoral irregularities, including gross human rights abuses, during the period preceding the June 2000 Parliamentary elections. This election marked the first time a strong opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), had challenged the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu (PF)) in the political arena.
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- Apr 2, 2019
THE 2005 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION. FLAWED, UNFREE AND UNFAIR!
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- Date recorded
- Apr 30, 2005
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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THIS REPORT COVERS ALL THE REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE NCA DURING THE PRE ELECTION PERIOD (FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2005), THESE BEING FROM ALL PROVINCES EXCEPT MANICALAND COVERING 105 CONSTITUENCIES. A TOTAL OF 383 REPORTS WERE SUBMITTED, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 3 REPORTS PER CONSTITUENCY.
- Date modified
- Apr 3, 2019
Zimbabwe political violence & elections
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- Date recorded
- Apr 30, 2018
- Category
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
- Riots
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This report focuses on how Zimbabwe has an unenviable reputation for being the most politically violent country in Southern Africa, certainly since the civil wars ended in Angola and Mozambique, and the independence of Namibia and South Africa.
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- May 6, 2019
Race Against Time The Need for Legal and Institutional Reforms Ahead of Zimbabwe’s Elections
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- Date recorded
- Jan 31, 2013
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This report assesses the legislative and electoral reforms undertaken by the unity government and analyzes the quality of those reforms and their capacity to create an environment conducive to credible, free and fair elections. Human Rights Watch has found that the contending parties have focused on only one aspect of reforms—securing agreement on the necessary legal and administrative requirements for free and fair elections.
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- Jun 12, 2019
Terror tactics in the run-up to parliamentary elections, June 2000
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- Date recorded
- Jun 8, 2000
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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Amnesty International has concluded from its inquiries that there is evidence that the Government of Zimbabwe is either instigating or acquiescing in serious violations of human rights including extrajudicial executions, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
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- Jun 12, 2019
Chimanimani Constituency Electoral Environment Review
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- Date recorded
- Nov 26, 2016
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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Violence and other forms of violations are expected to be less in Chimanimani West comparatively to the 2008 and 2013 cases. However, it is worrying that unorthodox covert means can be used by the ruling party in a bid to win the elections while in the process violating the people’s right to vote peacefully.
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- Jun 12, 2019
Zimbabwe Mission Report
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- Nov 30, 2012
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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The mission observed that the degree of human rights violations in the country follows a recurring pattern that usually culminates during electoral periods. The country was facing a political deadlock where the leading parties, especially ZANU-PF, were unlikely to reach any agreement likely to improve the political environment, since the MDC considered the implementation of the reforms foreseen by the GPA as a pre-condition for the organisation of elections, while ZANU-PF called for elections as a means to put an end to the prevailing deadlock.
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- Jun 12, 2019
All Over Again : Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2008
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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On March 29, 2008, Zimbabweans will participate in presidential, parliamentary, senatorial, and local government elections synchronized for the first time, following changes to Zimbabwe’s constitution in September 2007. As the elections near, all indications are that once again the people of Zimbabwe will not be able to freely exercise their civil and political rights and vote for the candidates of their choice.
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- Jun 12, 2019
TRICK OR TREAT? THE EFFECTS OF THE PRE-ELECTION CLIMATE ON THE POLL IN THE 2005 ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
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- Date recorded
- Jun 30, 2005
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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In Zimbabwe, in the past five years, elections have been elevated to the only constitutive principle for determining legitimacy, aided considerably by the position of the African nations, and South Africa in particular.
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- Jul 11, 2019
Consolidated Election Climate Report No1
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- Date recorded
- Feb 28, 2005
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This report covers all the reports received by the NCA for February 2005, coming from 8 Provinces, and 56 Constituencies. It summarises the position that pertained during the last 2 weeks of February. Unfortunately, no data had been submitted from either Manicaland or Mashonaland West by the time of writing, but it is submitted that the data nonetheless do give a good overview of the national picture in February 2005.
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- Jul 13, 2019
Organised Violence and Torture in the Bye-Elections held in Zimbabwe during 2000 and 2001.
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- Date recorded
- May 5, 2002
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This present monograph concentrates upon the human rights violations that took place during the bye-elections that took place in 2000 and 2001. None of these bye-elections came about as a result of the election petitions, as all those cases decided were immediately appealed and are still pending in the Supreme Court. All the bye-elections took place due to the death of the incumbent. Zanu(PF) won all these elections, amidst continued allegations of gross human rights violations and electoral irregularities.
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- Jul 13, 2019
TORTUOUS PATTERNS DESTINED TO REPEAT THEMSELVES IN UPCOMING ELECTION CAMPAIGN
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- Date recorded
- Nov 30, 2004
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
The analysis in this Report is based on the data contained in the Monthly Violence Reports of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. Since July 2001, the Forum has been reporting monthly totals of cases of organised violence and torture.
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- Jul 16, 2019
The End of A Road: The 2013 Elections in Zimbabwe
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- Date recorded
- Oct 31, 2013
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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The aim of this report is to provide succinct coverage of the election that brought the GPA to a close and also provide some pointers to the future of Zimbabwean politics.
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- Jul 25, 2019
Beating your opposition:Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.
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- Date recorded
- Jun 25, 2002
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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State organized violence increased following the rejection of the Government sponsored constitution in the referendum at the beginning 2000. The violence was initially sporadic and confined to one or two areas at a time but as the 2000 parliamentary elections approached, it became more intense and widespread. The state trained and deployed more people in an effort to control perceived supporters of the newly formed opposition.
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- Jul 27, 2019
Electoral Petition to the Parliament of Zimbabwe
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- Dec 3, 2018
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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The Petitioners beseech the Parliament of Zimbabwe to consider and pass the relevant legislation that give life to tenets of the 2013 Constitution.
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- Oct 6, 2019
Policy Brief A Call for Alignment of Laws with the Constitution
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This paper contains a framework to guide lobby and advocacy efforts with parliamentarians, policy makers and other critical stakeholders such as ZEC.
- Date modified
- Oct 7, 2019
Chamisa v EDM & Others Pages 1 28
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- Date recorded
- Aug 10, 2018
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This Application challenged the results of the presidential election announced irregularly by the 23rd and 24th respondents on the 3rd day of August 2018. It also challenged the declaration by the 23rd respondent that 1st respondent ids the duly elected presidential candidate for the presidential for the presidential election that took place on the 30th day of July 2018.
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- Oct 14, 2019
National Dialogue must result in comprehensive electoral and political reforms ZESN
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- Date recorded
- Feb 7, 2019
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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ZESN strongly believes that the pathway to the next election should be defined by a comprehensive electoral and political reforms process established and implemented by all key stakeholders.
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- Oct 15, 2019
A CRITICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF ZIMBABWE’S ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL, 2011
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- Dec 31, 2011
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This is a review by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (“ZESN”) of the proposed amendments to Zimbabwe’s legislation on the management and conduct of elections in the country. The Electoral Amendment Bill, 2011 (hereafter, “the Bill”) seeks to amend the Electoral Act (Chapter 2: 13) (hereafter, “the Act”).
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- Oct 25, 2019
ZESN REPORT ON PRE ELECTION POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ELECTORAL PROCESSES
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- Date recorded
- May 18, 2018
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This report is based on observations made by the LTOs between 18 May and 07 July 2018 in their respective constituencies from across the country’s 10 provinces. However ZESN produced several thematic reports during the same reporting period, including a report inspection of the voters’ roll, the nomination court, and primary elections for political parties.
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- Oct 25, 2019
Who was responsible? Alleged perpetrators and their crimes during the 2000 Parliamentary Election period
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- Date recorded
- Jul 31, 2001
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This report is a follow-up to “Who is Responsible?: A preliminary analysis of pre-election violence in Zimbabwe”, which was released in June 2000 by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. It sought to catalog emerging allegations of gross human rights violations committed during the run-up period to the June 2000 Parliamentary Elections and aimed to establish certain facts about the nature of political violence during that time.
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- Oct 26, 2019
The Unleashing of Violence: A report on violence against peaceful protesters in Harare
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- Date recorded
- Apr 30, 2000
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
As Zimbabwe moves towards the holding of a general election, which, according to President Mugabe, will be held in May 2000, the political situation has become increasingly troubled and violent. There have been violent clashes between supporters of the ruling party, ZANU (PF) and the main political opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
- Date modified
- Nov 12, 2019
Stuffed ballots and empty stomachs
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- Jul 31, 2005
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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This report considers the actual period of voting and the first one hundred days thereafter.
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- Nov 13, 2019
Who will guide the guides
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- Date recorded
- Nov 21, 2019
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
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On 20 November 2019, supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A) gathered at the party headquarters in Harare for the Hope of the Nation Address which was scheduled to be addressed by the party President Nelson Chamisa. The hostile response by the police who indiscriminately beat the crowd with baton sticks, with booted feet and fired tear gas in the busy Central Business District resulted in many citizens involved in their daily business being injured or bundled into police vehicles.
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- Nov 22, 2019
Political and historical context of elections 2
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2018
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This briefing paper reviews the political and historical context of the Zimbabwean election with a view of determining the contribution of this past to the electoral outcomes. We hypothesize that the 2018 electoral outcome will be a function of its immediate past and the broader national historical context.
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- Nov 28, 2019