Zimbabwe ushered in the year 2021 with a sharp upsurge in cases of COVID19 infections. This forced the Government to put the country under lockdown in a niche to control…
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The Zimbabwe Election Support Network is deeply concerned by the allocation of an inadequate budget to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission which militates against the capacity of the Commission to administer…
On Thursday, the 10th of December 2020, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) in collaboration with the Election Resource Centre (ERC) and the Electoral Support Network of Southern Africa (ESN-SA) hosted…
On Thursday 24 September 2020, ZESN hosted a Virtual Meeting on the ZOOM platform to launch the Comprehensive Electoral Amendment Bill at 10am. The virtual launch was attended by a…
On 3 December 2018, ZESN petitioned Parliament on legislative, administrative and political gaps that exist in the Constitution and the Electoral Act. Government, through the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice…
On Tuesday 16 June 2020, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), hosted the third virtual Public Meeting in the series “Making Elections Make Sense in the COVID-19 Era.” The meeting…
On 31 December 2019, the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill (hereafer the Constitutional Bill) in the Extraordinary Government Gazette. This formally commenced…
Introduction The world over, the outbreak of Covid-19 has had far reaching implications across many facets of life. Many countries have been forced to go on prolonged periods of lockdown…
Introduction The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has been working on electoral matters since its inception. Pursuant to the 2018 elections, it lodged a petition with the Parliament of Zimbabwe…
On the 25th March 2020, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) suspended activities due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the significant health risk it posed. This was a…