Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) and Southern African Parliamentary Support Trust (SAPST) on 16 October 2019 launched their collaborative research report titled: ‘The Efficacy of the Parliamentary…
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Executive Summary The media’s performance in covering elections in Zimbabwe – in terms of professional conduct and quality reporting – has consistently fallen short of international, regional and local standards…
Introduction The United Nations estimates there are close to 68.5 million people around the world have been forced from home by wars, economic hardships at home or work-related movements. The…
We, the leaders of the ZHOCD made up of EFZ, UDACIZA, ZCBC and ZCC, met at the Africa Synod House on the 7th of October 2019 to consider the currently…
Introduction Most disputes relating to elections in Zimbabwe are a result of disputes arising from contested election results. This has been a recurring electoral problem from one election to another…
Executive Summary This paper on the role of traditional leaders in elections and electoral processes in Zimbabwe depicts a picture of a traditional authority whose existence is held in tension...
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Executive Summary The centrality of political parties to democracy in Zimbabwe is unanimously acknowledged. However, this paper highlights the contradiction where political parties that have glaring capacity deficits expect that...
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On May 9, 2018 the High Court of Zimbabwe gave an order against the President of the National Chiefs’ Council, Chief Fortune Charumbira instructing him to retract statements he made…
Introduction (Historical Perspective and Context Analysis) Boundary delimitation refers to the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. It is the process of demarcating electoral boundaries (constituencies, wards, polling districts) for...
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The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) is observing the Zaka East National Assembly and Insiza Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 15 by-elections in line with its mandate to assess the…