State organ that provides assistance to the Respondent; that there is a legal duty on the First Respondent to publish in advance of the election a clear explanation of the legal and institutional mandate of the NLC including details about its role in every aspect of the administration of the election and how the First Respondent will maintain oversight, direction and control over the NLC; that there is a legal duty on the Respondent to publish all standard operating procedures, processes, policies and internal manuals that relate to the NLC. Publication of guidelines on how the commission will assess the fairness of electoral media coverage 64. In terms of the Part XXIB of the Electoral Act, the First Respondent has a duty to monitor the Zimbabwean news media during any election period to ensure that political parties, candidates, broadcasters, print publishers and journalists observe the provisions of the Electoral Act. This is obviously an important function of the First Respondent which speaks to transparency of the election process. Whilst the Electoral Act only stipulates that the First Respondent has a role to monitor the Zimbabwean media, there is not much clarity on how the First Respondent should go 29